Family row breaks out over George Michael items up for auction – including iconic ‘Faith’ guitar

A family row has broken out over some of George Michael’s possessions going to auction, including the guitar he used in the iconic ‘Faith’ music video. READ MORE: George Michael Obituary: 1963-2016 The collection, also included gold and platinum records, tour programmes and letters, all came from the collection of the singer’s personal assistant Siobhan Bailey, who began working with Michael in 1984 and remained his PA for 20 years. Bailey died in 2014 without a will, and the memorabilia then passed onto her estranged husband, Ian Belcher, who auctioned them off at Sworders earlier today (Thursday October 29). The move, however, was criticised by Siobhan’s brother Gerard, who tried to put a stop to the auction and claimed that his late sister would be “horrified at the prospect of it being held in her name”. View this post on Instagram He argued that the items were all her “her personal, cherished possessions” and speculated that if she had not died unexpectedly in 2014, she would have made a will leaving the items to her nieces and nephews – not her husband. Bailey was in the process of divorcing Belcher at the time of her passing, but as they were still legally married, he was co...