What am I bid for the former Pink Floyd mans bread bin and bird table?
‘I’ve got a bike/ You can ride it if you like.’ God rest Syd Barrett, Pink Floyd’s original damaged genius who died in July. In fact, Syd had two bikes – one blue and one red, and they’re up for auction this Wednesday at Cheffins in Cambridge, which means you can ride both of them at once so long as you have enough money and are a trained acrobat. Interestingly, one of the bikes has a basket and a bell, just like in the song, making Syd not just a genius but a chronicler of his own death foretold if you believe in that sort of thing. Certainly, there are plenty of Sydomites (as they perhaps don’t call themselves) out there who do. According to Lisa of Cheffins, who is showing me around the saleroom, there’s huge interest from fans worldwide, and early bids are coming in on many of the items, which range from the wayward visionary’s own quite bad homemade furniture (Syd’s old woodwork teacher must be turning on his lathe) to some of his original art. There would have been more art, Lisa
