AMUTI 23 is a small and inconspicuous shop near Leicester Square, which is filled with an impressive array of cultural ephemera, rarities and doubling as an exhibition space.

The brains behind AMUTI 23 have gathered together 101 special items in time for the Christmas shopping rush to try and encourage people to give gifts which have a little more meaning and value behind them – than your average pair of socks from Marks & Spencers.


The prices range from £10 to £101,000, making the collection accessible to all wallets, but even if you’re not looking to invest in one of the pieces, it’s still well worth a look. Gems of the collection include Reni’s paint-covered hat from the Stone Roses infamous NME cover shoot, a hand drawn gig poster from Sex Pistols, The Clash and Buzzcocks at The Screen On The Green cinema in Islington (which costed £1 per ticket) plus originals by Banksy, Grayson Perry and Leo Fuchs and an excellent array of photos of The Beatles holidaying in India and jumping on beds. If you’re thinking about going along and purchasing yourself a piece of history then you’d best be quick as there were already a few holes appearing on the walls and in the bookshelves.

Pictured:

First edition of a book of paintings by Billy Childish (£25)

A first edition of Jean Paul Satre ‘Loser Wins’ from 1960 (£5)

John Lennon bag – includes a set of lithographs made for Yoko Ono by John to celebrate their marriage plus erotic photographs of Yoko and John and images from their wedding and honeymoon. (£50,000)

Jamie Reid’s Sex Pistols Mural – a mixed media college of Sex Pistols ephemera which was originally made on the wall of the Brixton Gallery in 1983 and has since travelled the world and been added to by other artists and musicians. (£501,000)

Reni’s Hat (£25,000)

Orginal etching by Grayson Perry entitled ‘Map Of Nowhere: London: The Paragon Press, 2008’ (£20,000)

AMUTI 23

23 Cecil Court, London, WC2H

www.amuti23.com



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