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A kitchen table that belonged to the late Joy Division frontman Ian Curtis has been put up for auction on eBay.
Said table was in the same room as where the troubled Curtis took his own life. A prop of the piece of furniture was used in the biopic about his life, Control. See a still from the movie below.
The listing comes complete with certificates of authenticity signed by members of Curtis' family. Bidding on the table started at just £100, and is now at nearly £7,000.
The listing reads:
"May the 18th 1980 Ian Curtis the singer of Joy Division took his own life in the Kitchen of the house he lived in with his wife Debbie at 77 Barton Street. Debbie Curtis then sold the house and many of its contents to a neighbour Dorothy Smith who then ran it as a B and B.
In 1996 the table was passed to Dorothy's Daughter Vicky Morgan when she got married and set up home in Macclesfield. In December 2005 the Morgan's were redecorating and felt that the table no longer fitted in with their own home. They offered the table back to the family and contacted them via Marco of Joy Division Central. With the filming of Control taking place in Barton Street and Natalie Curtis arranging the props the table was offered but was declined. Natalie Curtis, Ian and Debbie's daughter was then going to take the table for her own flat but in the end decided to have one of her mums instead which belonged to her Grandmother. At that point it went on Ebay and I travelled to Macclesfield after winning the bid. Control then went on general release and the Legend Grew.
Included with the Table are confirmation of authenticity from Natalie Curtis, Debbie Curtis, Marco from Joy Division Central and Vicky Morgan. Also there is a four page print from a web site with pics taken inside 77 Barton Street when it was a B and B and a picture of Dorothy Smith."
