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Family row over George Michael items up for auction

Sworders expects its thirty-two-lot George Michael sale to top two hundred thousand pounds; his assistant's family says her name was used without consent.

On air: Chip Darnell and Gloria Vance on BBN After Hours
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  1. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorA family row has broken out over thirty-two lots of George Michael memorabilia going to auction, including the guitar from the Faith video, estimated at sixty to one hundred twenty thousand pounds.

  2. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorWho's upset? Somebody selling the guitar is usually the happy one.

  3. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe brother of Siobhan Bailey, who was Michael's personal assistant for twenty years from nineteen eighty-four.

  4. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorHe told the BBC she would be horrified to see her cherished possessions sold to the highest bidder.

  5. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorHer things? So the auction is partly her stuff?

  6. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe family's letter calls it a breach of her privacy and says using her name is wholly unethical.

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