Colts’ Jim Irsay bought Elton John’s piano for $915,000
Add another relic to the collection of memorabilia for Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay, who bought Elton John’s touring piano at an auction for $915,000.
ESPN’s Mike Wells reported that Irsay bought the Steinway & Sons Model D Grand Piano by Heritage Auctions on Saturday in Dallas. Irsay himself didn’t waste any time confirming it.
Elton’s piano. Just added to the collection.
— Jim Irsay (@JimIrsay) July 17, 2021
Wells also reported that the piano was in use for nearly two decades from 1974-1993 by Elton John and had an inscription “Enjoy this as much as I have, Elton John” on the frame.
“Irsay also has handwritten lyrics to “With God on Our Side” from Bob Dylan, a drum head used and signed by Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart, the piano used by [John] Lennon to compose songs for “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Heart Club Band,” a drum kit from the Beatles’ Ringo Starr, a tomato soup wrapper signed by Andy Warhol and the script from the movie “Jerry Maguire,” wrote Wells of Irsay’s collection.
