Celebrity Big Brother UK star and Australian-born photographer Darryn Lyons is about to place his risqué assortment of artwork up on the market later this month.
The 58-year-old former paparazzi who now lives in Italy introduced he was flogging off his prized bounty after confessing he had no plans to return Down Beneath.
The approaching public sale will see 246 objects, price 1000’s of {dollars}, go underneath the hammer together with a glamorous ‘throne’ which as soon as had the attention of a famed pop star.
‘[The throne] was a part of a pair and Michael Jackson had purchased the opposite one,’ Lyons advised the Herald Sun on Saturday.
‘Nonetheless to today I am unable to work out why he purchased one and never the pair.’
Lyons stated he purchased the elaborately decked out present piece, dubbed the ‘Bling King Throne, within the Nineteen Nineties when he was primarily based in London. It’s now valued at $4,000.
‘I’m decluttering in an enormous approach when it comes to property, I’m simplifying my life,’ he stated of his choice to unload his assortment.
Different objects up for grabs in Lyons assortment embrace a racy poster of 60s pinup Raquel Welch seen ‘nailed’ to a crucifix and sporting solely skimpy bikini.
Superstar Huge Brother UK star and Australian-born photographer Darryn Lyons (pictured) is about to place his risqué assortment of artwork up on the market later this month
There’s additionally a big assortment of erotic artwork together with a famed nude Playboy ‘playmate’ photograph of fifty’s celebrity Marilyn Monroe price $1200.
The previous Geelong mayor, who has been buying artwork works his complete life, stated he was promoting off his prized assortment so others might he ‘get pleasure from’ the works.
Elsewhere within the chat he revealed that he was at present having fun with time travelling and that his life had modified since each of his mother and father have handed away.
He left his Queensland house in June and stated he has no plans to come back again to Australia.
The approaching public sale will see 246 objects, price 1000’s of {dollars}, go underneath the hammer together with a glamorous ‘throne’ which as soon as had the attention of a famed pop star Michael Jackson. It was a part of a pair and Michael Jackson had purchased the opposite one Lyons advised the Herald Solar on Saturday. Pictured: The throne which is at present valued at $4,000
One other of Lyons artwork works dubbed ‘Mr. Papparazzi’ which is price $400
It comes after Lyons leased out his superb Sydney residence for a whopping $3500-per-week in July.
Situated in modern Darlinghurst, the two-bedroom, two-bathroom high-rise residence comes absolutely furnished.
Located within the famed Horizon constructing, the pad options an eye-popping pink color scheme, risqué paintings and lavish fittings.
Lyons purchased the posh flat off the plan in 1998 for $604,000, reported The Wentworth Courier.
In line with the publication, Lyons, who was mayor of Geelong from 2013-2016, is at present having fun with a sojourn in upscale St. Tropez on the French Riviera and has rented out the residence at the least 3 times since 2010.
The final time the flat was in the marketplace was in 2022 for $1150.
Lyons, who is understood for his eccentric type, has original his Sydney pad with a lot of gorgeous options together with a standalone see-through Perspex pink tub.
One featured paintings encompasses a nude, tattooed mannequin sporting a wimple.
One other matching portrait hung close by reveals the identical mannequin in an identical pose absolutely clothed in a nun’s behavior.
Lyons has been reported to having earned hundreds of thousands of {dollars} promoting pictures of the late Princess Diana.
Princess Diana suffered fatal injuries and died along with her boyfriend Dodi Fayed and her driver and security guard Henri Paul on August 31, 1997.
Lyons has appeared on Superstar Huge Brother U.Ok. in 2011 (pictured)
An inquest, which Lyons gave proof in, was held in London and led to 2008.
It discovered Princess Diana died unlawfully, blaming negligent driving by Henri Paul affected by paparazzi, which contributed to the crash.
Darryn’s photographer in Paris, Laurent Sola, took photographs of the late princess lifeless in her automotive, which he nonetheless owns.
Nonetheless the one time actuality star stated he has not bought the photographs and by no means will regardless of as soon as being provided 1 / 4 of one million kilos ($444K AUD) by British and American information publications.
Lyons has appeared on Superstar Huge Brother U.Ok. and High Gear U.Ok. in 2011.
Lyons left Australia in June and says now he’s travelling and ‘decluttering his life’