YOKO ONO – (BOXED-UNOPENED) Gift Set Box MENDED CUPS
YOKO ONO – Broken 7 Espresso Cup Gift Set Box MENDED CUPS 6 “broken”+ 1″unbroken”
The Illy Art Collection, MENDED CUPS by Yoko Ono, consists of six cups that bear gold, shattered and mended crack lines.
This set is unopened and comes in original packaging.
THE MUSEUM PEDIGREE
This collection is not “merely” art—it is a document held and celebrated by the titans of the art world:
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The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York: The site of the 2015 world premiere.
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Tate Modern, London: Featured in the 2024 global blockbuster Music of the Mind.
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Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA), Chicago: Currently touring through 2026.
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The Guggenheim, Bilbao: A cornerstone of conceptual “Repair” installations.
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The Whitechapel Gallery, London: The birthplace of the original 1966 Mend Piece.
£99,495.00
THE INVESTMENT: BEYOND THE BEATLES
Beatles memorabilia is the only asset class that has never faded, only accelerated. As we move further into the 21st century, the partnership of John and Yoko is being recategorized from “Pop Culture” to “Classical Heritage.”
When Yoko eventually joins John, the market for her primary editions—especially those that directly memorialize 1980—will enter the “Picasso-tier” of valuation. This is not a purchase; it is a Legacy Acquisition.
THE PERFECT ACQUISITION FOR THE ELITE COLLECTOR: This is the ultimate gift for the individual who has every record, every autograph, and every book, but lacks the one thing no one else has: The Sealed 2015 Archive.
Brand new. BOXED and UNOPENED – Sale by private treaty
THE CENSUS-ONE ARCHIVE: YOKO ONO “MENDED CUPS” (2015)
THE ONLY KNOWN DOUBLE-SEALED SPECIMEN IN EXISTENCE
Status: Investment Grade / Museum Quality
Condition: Factory Sealed in Original 2015 Industrial Postage Shipper
Price: £99,495
WHAT IS THIS?
This is the definitive commercial-conceptual masterpiece by Yoko Ono. Released in 2015 to celebrate her historic MoMA retrospective, the “Mended Cups” collection utilizes the Japanese Kintsugi (gold-repair) technique to map the scars of modern history.
These are unopened and therefore rare and hard to get.
These are accompanied by six individual saucers with Yoko Ono’s handwriting, naming six catastrophic events that have directly affected her life, and others only indirectly; but have brought death to millions of people.
Each saucer states the date and location of the event and concludes with the words … mended in 2015. New in Unopened Box!
The seventh cup in the collection, the UNBROKEN CUP, is untouched with no cracked or mended lines, reflecting peace and hope with Ono’s handwritten words on the saucer, “This cup will never be broken as it will be under your protection.”
THE CHRONICLES OF TRAGEDY: THE 7 CUPS
Each saucer is hand-inscribed with a date that changed the world—and Yoko’s life. To own this set is to own a timeline of human resilience:
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Guernica (26 Apr 1937): The scar of the Spanish Civil War.
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Nanking (13 Dec 1937): A testament to endurance in Asia.
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Dresden (13 Feb 1945): The firestorm of WWII.
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Hiroshima (6 Aug 1945): The nuclear dawn (Personal to Yoko).
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My Lai (16 Mar 1968): The cry of the Vietnam generation.
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New York City (8 Dec 1980): The Day the Music Died. The assassination of John Lennon. This saucer is the most significant piece of Lennon-Ono memorabilia created this century.
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THE UNBROKEN CUP: A pure white vessel for the future, inscribed: “This cup will never be broken as it will be under your protection.”
