Johnny Depp sells his debut artwork collection for a jaw-dropping £3M hours after announcing it

Regardless of their notorious trial coming to a verdict, he’s nonetheless entangled in authorized battles with ex Amber Heard – because the actress fights to overturn their settlement.

However Johnny Depp has turned his hand to paintings, along with his debut assortment promoting for a whopping £3M by means of Citadel Fantastic Artwork.

The actor, 59, launched a limited-edition assortment of 780 items, which bought inside hours on Thursday, as particular person photos went for $4,800 (£3,950) and the entire portfolio of 4 photos bought for $18,000 (£14,950.) 

His assortment centered on ‘Buddies & Heroes’, and included pop-art type items of Bob Dylan, Keith Richards, Elizabeth Taylor and Al Pacino.

Basing it on individuals he has identified effectively, and who’ve impressed him as an individual, vendor Citadel Fantastic Artwork describes the items as every picture being an intimate reflection of their character in Johnny’s eyes; a portrayal of how they’ve revealed themselves to him.

Explaining that it is the intersection of ‘Pop Artwork’ and ‘Road Artwork’, the gathering can also be dubbed ‘pop artwork with a sense’.

‘I’ve all the time used artwork to precise my emotions and to replicate on those that matter most to me, like my household, buddies and folks I love. My work encompass my life, however I stored them to myself and restricted myself. Nobody ought to ever restrict themselves,’ mentioned Johnny by way of the Citadel Fantastic Artwork info web page.

The Pirates Of The Caribbean star introduced the sale on his Instagram, sparking the gathering to promote out inside hours.

It comes after Johnny was awarded $10.35 million for damages after a defamation go well with towards ex-wife Amber Heard. 

However ‘The Aquaman’ actress has appealed for the award to be overturned, two months after she was ordered to pay.

Amber was denied a request for a mistrial every week earlier than – arguing that one of many jurors on the case should not have been eligible to serve as a result of his summons was meant for his father, who had the identical title and lived on the similar tackle. 

And since interesting, Johnny has additionally made an enchantment towards the $2 million (£1.7 million) in compensatory damages that he was ordered to pay to her. 

Following their divorce, the actor was mentioned to be in monetary turmoil, as he bought up a big portion of his sizeable property portfolio.

In 2016, he listed his four-story Venetian mansion which overlooks Venice’s Grand Canal for $10.8 million – after paying $13 million for it in January 2011.

Whereas 2017 noticed him promote the final of his 5 LA penthouses, which gathered up a whopping $10.88 million – round $2 million underneath the collective asking value. 

And it did not cease there, as he let go of his Kentucky ranch type pad in 2020 for almost almost half its money worth – as he solely raked in $1,350,000, regardless of it is value being reported at $2.33 million.

Whereas his downtown LA penthouse, which he shared with Amber, additionally went in the marketplace final month for $1.76 million.