Former Geelong mayor 'Mr Paparazzi' Darryn Lyons puts his art collection under the hammer as he prepares to leave Australia READ MORE: Celebrity Big Brother star Darryn Lyons makes shock reveal By A. James For Daily Mail Australia Published: 11:48, 17 September 2024 | Updated: 11:50, 17 September 2024 e-mail 13 shares View comments Celebrity Big Brother UK star and Australian-born photographer Darryn Lyons is set to put his risqué collection of art up for sale later this month. The 58-year-old former paparazzi who now lives in Italy announced he was flogging off his prized bounty after confessing he had no plans to return Down Under.
The coming auction will see 246 items, worth thousands of dollars, go under the hammer including a glamorous 'throne' which once had the eye of a famed pop star. '[The throne] was part of a pair and Michael Jackson had bought the other one,' Lyons told the Herald Sun on Saturday. 'Still to this day I can't work out why he bought one and not the pair.
' Lyons said he bought the elaborately decked out show piece, dubbed the 'Bling King Throne, in the 1990s when he was based in London. It is now valued at $4,000. 'I am decluttering in a massive way in terms of assets, I am simplifying my life,' he said of his decision to sell off his collection.
Other items up for grabs in Lyons collection include a racy poster of 60s pinup Raquel Welch seen 'nailed' to a crucifix and wearing only skimpy bikini. Celebrity Big Brother UK star and Australian-born pho.