Shopping Bag greets you, and accompanying SB on this gloomsville day is a black and white checked Gianni Versace coat, labelled, double breasted, with black moulded plastic buttons. It's on the left, if that description wasn't comprehensive enough for you (see, I'm in a bullish mood today; I feel it goes with the jacket). It's a special coat though, because it once belonged to Elton John, and is, today, going to be auctioned off at the excellent Kerry Taylor Auction House (lot 1199). And if the coat that once hugged Elton John's back is your dream purchase, the beauty of this auction is that the estimated prices are actually pretty low: the High Estimate is £150.
Not for you? I don't want to hear it, because you're spoilt for choice. Do I sound brattish? Maybe that's because there's SO MUCH to buy in this auction that I'd be truly PEEVED if you stopped reading just because you're not an Elton fan.
I could point you, for instance, towards the group of Chanel cashmere knitwear, 1980s, including: two 
jumpers in green and navy with grey, with gilt buttons engraved with Chanel bags (whoop! What better design could SB hope to find on a jumper?), and a cream and green striped cardigan with plain green wool bodice and green silk skirt.
Or the Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche purple striped organza/satin evening gown (right) which is on at £100 for a low estimate, and £150 as a high. Which I think is a bargain, although on close observation, it's not really Shopping Bag's style BUT for once, it's not all about me - see how I think of other, more purple-minded people, and care about their wardrobes?
Altruistically, then, I tell you that all the information you need to get a bargain is contained here, and that really you should make use of it before you hoof to the auction in Dulwich - if you've never participated in a Kerry Taylor auction before, you have to bring ID for instance. There are hundreds and hundreds of lots there; no matter how tricksy a persona you've cultivated, I assure you you'll find something. Voila! The week begins with a bang.
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