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Trevor Beattie, the curly haired ad luminary and avid collector of moderately interesting cultural memorabilia, has decided that it is time to share his passion with the polloi.
For the next two months, any punter interested in his collection of expensive odds and sods can check them out at Selfridges, where they will be displayed on the posh department store's Wonder Wall - a glass case housing unusual objects once belonging to the famous.
The exhibition, which Beattie has called Holy Relics, includes a negligee worn by Marilyn Monroe and Muhammad Ali's split boxing glove.
The legendary pugilist, one of Beattie's greatest influences, wore it in the controversial 1963 fight with Henry Cooper - his last under the name of Cassius Clay - and the pair ...