Dreweatts Auctioneers will be selling an impressive collection of Art Nouveau and Art Deco items, bought by Grant in the 70s and 80s.

Peter, who died in 1995, was a well-known figure in Eastbourne and was often spotted driving around town in his distinctive car with the number plate LZ1.

Seventeen items belonging to him will feature in the firm's sale of 20th Century Pictures & Design, which will be held at Dreweatts Donnington Priory salerooms.

Peter, who died in 1995, shared his passion for 20th Century design with Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page, and the two of them would spend hours in antique markets and shops between gigs when the band was touring the world.

The two men had been friends ever since Peter took on management of Jimmy's upcoming band The Yardbirds, subsequently to evolve into the godfather of all supergroups, Led Zeppelin.

Among the furniture items included in the auction is a Louis Majorelle Art Nouveau walnut desk and matching chair, one of five pieces of Majorelle and Galle furniture in the Peter Grant collection, offered for sale with an estimate of £5,000-7,000.

An iconic symbol of the Decorative Arts movement is the Tiffany lamp, and Peter Grant's collection boasts a particularly fine example in the shape of a Tiffany Studios Favrile glass and bronze Geometric' floor lamp, dating from around 1910 and measuring 63.5cm in height. Carrying a pre-sale estimate of £8,000-12,000, this object in particular is expected to arouse significant interest among collectors.

At the more portable end of the spectrum is an 1897 colour lithographic poster, Monaco Monte-Carlo by Alphonse Mucha (1860-1939), one of five Mucha lithographs in the collection, which is expected to fetch £1,000-1,500 on the day.

"This collection is unusual in that it combines items of exceptional quality with a 'celebrity provenance' likely to provoke interest from ephemera collectors," said Dreweatts specialist Dan Bray.

"Normally, items consigned for sale which have a famous owner are perhaps overly reliant on that fact, but in this case, the quality of the collection speaks for itself before one takes the Led Zeppelin connection into account."