Hawk Mountain Sanctuary – 2015 Benefit for the Birds Gala
Auction Ends: May 4, 2014 10:00 PM EDT

Memorabilia

Piano Man and Rocket Man: SIgned Miniature Piano

Item Number
52
Estimated Value
Priceless
Sold
700 USD to Live Event Bidder

Live Event Item

After the online close, this item went to a Live Event for further bidding. Absentee Bidding offered.

Item Description

Billy Joel is an American pianist, singer-songwriter, and composer. Since releasing his first hit song, "Piano Man," in 1973, Joel has become the sixth best-selling recording artist and the third best-selling solo artist in the United States.[4] His compilation album Greatest Hits Vol. 1 & 2 is the third best-selling album in the United States.  Joel had Top 40 hits in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, achieving 33 Top 40 hits in the United States, all of which he wrote himself. He is also a six-time Grammy Award winner who has been nominated for 23 Grammy Awards throughout his career. He has sold over 150 million records worldwide. 

Sir Elton  John is an English singer-songwriter, composer, pianist, record producer, and occasional actor. In his five-decade career John has sold more than 300 million records, making him one of the best-selling music artists in the world. He has more than fifty Top 40 hits, including seven consecutive No. 1 US albums, fifty-eight Billboard Top 40 singles, twenty-seven Top 10, four No. 2 and nine No. 1. For 31 consecutive years (1970–2000) he had at least one song in the Billboard Hot 100. He has the most No. 1 hits on US Adult Contemporary Chart (16 No. 1's).[4] His single "Candle in the Wind 1997" sold over 33 million copies worldwide and is "the best-selling single of all time".[5][6][7][8] He has received six Grammy Awards, five Brit Awards – winning two awards for Outstanding Contribution to Music and the first Brits Icon in 2013, an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Tony Award, a Disney Legend award, and the Kennedy Center Honors in 2004.

The winning bidder will receive a miniature grand piano, signed by both of these extraordinary artists.