JOHN BONHAM memorabilia, including his velvet suit, to be auctioned
28-11-2025
Fieldings Auctioneers in Stourbridge, United Kingdom has announced a rare and highly anticipated auction featuring personal items belonging to John Bonham, the legendary drummer of LED ZEPPELIN. The collection, consigned by John‘s brother-in-law Allan Weaver, will be auctioned on 27th November at Fieldings‘ Stourbridge saleroom.
Highlights from the sale include a striking blue velvet suit, a brown leather coat, and three western-style shirts, one of which features in a photograph of John wearing it during the filming of “The Song Remains The Same”. Each lot offers collectors and fans a unique opportunity to own a tangible piece of rock history.
“This is an extraordinary chance to celebrate the legacy of one of rock music’s most influential drummers,” said Rachel Holland, director and music and entertainment specialist for Fieldings Auctioneers. “Allan Weaver‘s amazing consignment allows fans and collectors to connect with John Bonham in a very personal way.”
Weaver told BBC News that he got to know Bonham through his wife Beryl, one of Bonham‘s wife Pat‘s sisters.
“When people at work said, ‘What’s he like?’ I said, ‘He’s my brother-in-law,” Allan said. “‘We just go down the pub and have a couple of pints and have a good laugh and everything, do things together’.”
Weaver added that it was “a shame” to see Bonham‘s clothes stored away, explaining: “People want to see them, I’d rather they go out for people to see rather than just being stored away,” he said. “I’ve got the memories that people can’t take away from me of actually being with John and doing other things, so that’s what’s special to me.”
The auction will take place at Fieldings Auctioneers, Stourbridge, on November 27.
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John Bonham died on September 25, 1980 of pulmonary edema which is fluid accumulation in the lungs. He was 32 years old.
In a 2014 interview with Rolling Stone magazine, LED ZEPPELIN guitarist Jimmy Page was asked why the band didn’t take time to heal and rebuild itself following Bonham‘s passing in 1980.
“LED ZEPPELIN wasn’t a corporate entity,” he replied. “LED ZEPPELIN was an affair of the heart. Each of the members was important to the sum total of what we were. I like to think that if it had been me that wasn’t there, the others would have made the same decision. And what were we going to do? Create a role for somebody, say, ‘You have to do this, this way?’ That wouldn’t be honest.”
He continued: “There were attempts [at reunion] that didn’t work — trying to push it together in a hurry. That’s why the [2007] show had to be done with such intent — rehearsing as much as we could so Jason [Bonham‘s son] felt he was part of the band as opposed to a novelty. He was filling big shoes, and we needed all of that.”
Jason Bonham revealed in a 2012 interview that LED ZEPPELIN singer Robert Plant‘s emotional difficulties continuing the band without Jason‘s dad ultimately ended any hoped-for reunion of the group’s surviving members.
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