By Charlotte Fisher
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The Liam Gallagher Spitting Image puppet has gone up for sale and is set to raise £6,000 at auction. The caricature version of the Oasis frontman is made of foam latex and was featured on the ITV show which ran for 12 years in the 80s and 90s. Spitting Image is a British satirical television puppet show, created by Peter Fluck, Roger Law and Martin Lambie-Nairn. The series features puppet caricatures of celebrities and public figures, including British Prime Ministers Margaret Thatcher and John Major and the British royal family . Noel and Liam Gallagher were featured in the series after they rose to fame at the height of the Brit Pop era in the 90s. Never miss a story with the MEN’s daily Catch Up newsletter – get it in your inbox by signing up here The Liam puppet has his trademark haircut, bushy eyebrows and lips. Some of the latex has become flaky but the acrylic eyes can still move when controlled by a cable. It is being sold by Propstore Auction, at the Cumberland Hotel, Marble Arch, central London. The guide price is up to £6,000 and bidding has started at £3,000. The listing reads: “A Liam Gallagher puppet from Peter Fluck, Roger Law and Martin Lambie-Nairn’s satirical television series Spitting Image. “The series, which initially ran between 1984 and 1996 and was revived between 2020 and 2021, used puppets to skewer well-known political and pop culture figures. “This caricature puppet of Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher is made primarily of foam latex. It has synthetic hair, acrylic eyes, and animatronic cables that control the movement of the eyes. “The foam latex has become dry and flaky with age and should be handled carefully. Dimensions: 84 cm x 53 cm x 17 cm. “This puppet was sold alongside other Spitting Image puppets at a charity auction hosted by Sotheby’s in July 2000.” Join the Manchester Evening News WhatsApp group HERE It comes as Oasis are in the middle of their reunion tour and have been playing sell out gigs across the UK and worldwide. Last weekend the Oasis reunion tour returned to the UK for two huge Wembley concerts. After months of hype, anticipation and mass singalongs, the second summer of Britpop is almost over. By the time the 41 date tour ends in Sao Paulo, Brazil on November 23, the band will have played to an astonishing 1.9m fans in 13 countries. The puppet auction will end on October 24.
