after the posthumous album, place at the auction

Between 150,000 and 200,000 people in France are collectors of objects related to Johnny Hallyday. Saturday, the day after the sale of the posthumous album of their idol, they will watch carefully the sale organized by the house Drouot, which brings together an impressive amount of personal belongings that belonged to the rocker, now missing.

Adeline Blondieau "wants to turn the page". Among these 80 cult objects of the idol of the young, a large part is put on sale by Adeline Blondieau, the ex-wife of Johnny Hallyday, and his family. "I asked her to write the foreword to the catalog of this sale, she explains with great accuracy why she sells these souvenirs, she got married twice with Johnny Hallyday, and divorced twice. was a very complicated love affair, she felt hurt after Johnny's comments about her, and she wants to turn an important page in her life because her name was closely related to Johnny Hallyday's. Christian Blondieau, nicknamed Long Chris, great friend of the singer, ed) has the same approach today, "says Fabien Lecœuvre, one of the experts of this sale to Drouot, at Wendy Bouchard Friday morning.

The wedding dress of Adeline Blondieau. The highlight of the sale is the Haute Couture Nina Ricci wedding dress worn by Adeline Blondieau at her wedding with Johnny Hallyday on July 9, 1990. This dress was made by the artistic director of fashion house Gérard Pipard in 1990, on the theme of Gone with the wind, is estimated between 12,000 and 15,000 euros.

This wedding dress comes from the collection of Adeline Blondieau.

Military clothes. Other objects of which the Blondieau family is separated: the military uniform worn by Johnny during his military service, from 8 May 1964 to 28 August 1965, in the 43rd Marine Infantry Regiment, Offenburg, Germany. "He had given all his military outfits, all his maidens and his decorations to his long-time friend, Long Chris, Adeline Blondieau's dad," reports Fabien Lecœuvre.

One of three naval infantry berets worn by Johnny Hallyday with his anchor badge marked inside "Smet" marker.

One of Johnny's mythical jackets. Several jackets, perfectos and jackets worn by the rocker, on stage or elsewhere, are included in this auction. Among them, a piece as rare as mythical: the white leather jacket of the famous picture of Jean-Marie Périer, made on April 12, 1966 for Hello friends. "At the end of the picture, a firefighter who was at the Acacias Street studio told him, 'Oh Johnny, your jacket is great.' Johnny took off his jacket and gave it to him. he died, the jacket was sold, and now it is in this sale, "says Fabien Lecœuvre. "It's also the path of an object that makes collectors happy."

This jacket is estimated between 3,500 and 4,000 euros, starting price.

This jacket, which Johnny wore for the mythical photo of Hello friends, is estimated between 3,500 and 4,500 euros.

Finally, the manuscripts of the songs Gabrielle, I was born in the street or Lost generation, from the personal collection of Long Chris, are also on sale.

All these objects, as well as those that belonged to several great figures of the French song (Claude François, Dalida, Celine Dion, Serge Gainsbourg, Françoise Hardy …), will be exposed until 18 hours Friday, and from 11 am to noon Saturday , room 14-15 of the Drouot-Richelieu house (9, rue Drouot in Paris). The sale, it will start on Saturday at 14 hours.