Tiger necklace, satin suit and Cartier diamonds – hundreds of memorabilia belonging to the late magic duo Siegfried and Roy are to be auctioned in California. In June, the favorite pieces of tiger tamers will go under the hammer. The proceeds go to the Sarmoti Foundation. It was founded by Roy and works to protect endangered animals.
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The auction, called Siegfried & Roy: Masters of the Impossible, is an opportunity to acquire a little magic. If you have the wherewithal. Among the more than 500 pieces for sale are jewelry, costumes and memorabilia from the illusionists’ decades-long stage career with their exotic wild cats and furnishings from their villas Jungle Palace and Little Bavaria in the casino city of Las Vegas.
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–Among the highlights of the auction, Bonhams lists a Cartier diamond necklace with an estimated value of up to $100,000. A pendant in the shape of a tiger’s head is estimated at $3,000, and an elephant sculpture by Salvador Dalí could fetch more than twice that. The duo’s blue satin suits from the 1980s are priced at up to $3,000.
–Born in Rosenheim, Siegfried Fischbacher died of cancer in January 2021 at the age of 81. Roy Horn from Nordenham near Bremen died in May 2020 at the age of 75 from a Covid 19 infection.
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“Siegfried & Roy” were world famous for their performances with white tigers and lions and wrote show history in Las Vegas. The duo’s career ended there in October 2003 when a tiger inflicted serious injuries on Horn at a performance from which the tamer never fully recovered.
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