Led Zep drummer Bonham's jacket sells for £15k

Allan Weaver, Bonham's brother-in-law, owned the clothing before the auction

A leather coat owned and worn by Led Zeppelin legend John Bonham has been sold at auction for more than £15,000.

The collection, which was sold by Fieldings Auctioneers in Stourbridge, was owned by Allan Weaver, Bonham's brother-in-law.

The auction, which took place online on Thursday, saw the 1970s brown leather jacket with a brown faux fur trim collar fetch £15,300.

A 1970s western-style cream embroidered shirt that was worn for a shooting day for the film The Song Remains The Same - the 1976 live concert movie that featured the band at the height of their career - sold for £12,200.

Also under the hammer was a 1978 blue velvet suit that the drummer wore, which sold for £3,800, and two other western-style shirts, selling for £4,700 and £4,200.

Drummer John Bonham died in 1980, aged 32, after Zeppelin had dominated the 70s with classics like Kashmir, The Song Remains The Same and Immigrant Song

Before the auction, Mr Weaver had compared the brown coat to one worn on the front cover of Led Zeppelin's album II.

However, the auctioneers were unable to confirm that they were the same, and asked potential buyers to "satisfy themselves" that it was the same coat.

The blue suit had a label showing the name Robinson Bespoke tailors - a family-run firm in Redditch, Worcestershire, where Bonham was a regular customer.

Lawrence Robinson, its owner, told the auctioneers: "We would deliver a suit to John on the Friday for a gig or a party and he would come back on the Monday with the trashed white suit, asking us to make another."