Hutchence family criticised for eBay sales

May 19, 2008

This post was written in May 2008; specific information contained within it may be out of date.

The family of the late INXS singer Michael Hutchence have been criticised for selling his personal effects on eBay. Selling under the ID lilytigerlily - said to be a reference to Heavenly Hiraani Tiger Lily, Hutchence’s daughter with Paula Yates - the singer’s sister Tina Hutchence listed a page of handwritten lyrics, “written on an 8-inch by 12-inch page in Michael Hutchence’s scratchy handwriting, torn out of a notebook.” The auction started at $300, but was pulled by the seller.

Lilytigerlily later gave away her identity on the listing for a copy of Bob Geldof’s autobiography, Is That It?, bought, she said, “while I was researching my book Just a Man on my brother Michael Hutchence”. The book sold for 99c.

Last year, Hutchence’s brother Rhett defended his sale of items including a personal fax from Michael to Kylie Minogue, saying that he was trying to raise money to move to the Netherlands to be with his girlfriend.

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