Ronnie faces up to lack of bids for old pal Rod

Not content with raking in the royalties, the Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood has taken to flogging his art on eBay. There's only one problem: he can't find the buyers.

The latest piece put up for sale by the one-time Sketch Club winner (haven't heard of it? Think BBC circa 1959) was a limited-edition portrait of his pre-Rolling Stones band The Faces.

Depicting Wood alongside fellow band member Rod Stewart, the piece got a hefty plug on his MySpace page:

"We had such a great reaction from the last listing but it ended too quickly!" he gushed. "So here it is again: Your chance to snap up a real Ronnie print framed and ready to be hung, featuring your favourite rocker and his pal Rod."

Sadly, emotional appeal proved an insufficient spur: with the reserve price set at £1,300, the piece attracted only five bidders – and a maximum bid of just £511.

Wood has since had to withdraw the offer as well as his blog post. Pandora doubts, however, that this particular artist will be left to starve.

:aimama