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Lot 294

Captain Sensible/The Damned: A Sequined Beret made by David Shilling for Captain Sensible,
early 1980s,

17 November 2021, 11:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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Captain Sensible/The Damned: A Sequined Beret made by David Shilling for Captain Sensible,

early 1980s,
decorated with black, white and red sequins with black stalk, the underside with a DS pin, a label to the inner lining reads I Got It From DAVID SHILLING ON Wednesday, accompanied by a letter of provenance from Captain Sensible on personalised stationery, 13in (33cm) diameter

Footnotes

Provenance:
Offered by singer/songwriter and guitarist for The Damned, Captain Sensible.
Gifted to him by supposedly Michael Aspel during a TV interview.

Its far posher than the berets I usually wore so I looked after this one... and only wore it away from Damned shows.
- Captain Sensible

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