# Family row over George Michael items up for auction – including Faith guitar

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/family-row-over-george-michael-items-up-for-auction-including-faith-guitar/
- Published: 2026-10-29T00:01:16+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-29T00:12:13+00:00
- Original publisher: BBC Entertainment (publisher lean: Centre)
- Original article: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cmr4y51gd5yro?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
- Topics: Entertainment, Music

## Key points

- George Michael’s “Faith” guitar is among 32 items going to auction.
- Siobhan Bailey’s brother objects to the sale and its use of her name.
- The guitar is estimated to fetch between £60,000 and £120,000.

## Summary

A family dispute has emerged over an auction of memorabilia given by George Michael to his long-time personal assistant, Siobhan Bailey. Her brother says she would have been horrified to see her cherished possessions sold, and has asked for the sale to be stopped or held in the name of her estranged husband, Ian Belcher.

The 32 lots include the Gretsch guitar Michael played in the “Faith” video, estimated at £60,000 to £120,000, as well as signed photographs and personal notes. Bailey died in 2014 while legally married to Belcher and without a registered will, so her estate passed to him; her brother says she had begun preparing a will that would have left the items to her nieces and nephews. Bids for a tour Filofax with her handwritten notes have already reached £1,750, against a guide price of up to £600.

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