Saw where Lennon's handritten lyric sheet of All You Need Is Love sold for $1,000,000 yesterday. Wow.

And I think I heard one of Clapton's most famous guitars sold for almost as much a few months ago (why would he sell it??).

My question is, if you were a collector of this sort of thing, what is the most sought after guitar, or drum? Hendrix's Woodstock Strat? McCartney's Hoffner? Bonzo's sticks? Elvis's '68 mike? John's piano he played on Imagine? They do this sort of thing for baseball cards and paintings...what about rock?

No GTOs refrences please.

This probably won't compare to the ones you mentioned in terms of total dollar amount, but what about Stevie Ray Vaughan's number one Strat? For me, that would be my most sought after piece if money wasn't an issue.

Good response. Does Jimmie have it or did it, um, well , you know?

Jimmie has it, thank goodness. I wonder if he'd ever consider selling it? Hopefully not.

I'd imagine the guiter Willie has played for the last, what, 50 yrs would fetch a good sum.

Everything in this room is edible. Even I am edible. But that dear children is what we call cannibalism and that is frowned upon in most societies.
--Willy Wonka

I wouldn't pay more than $50 for Willie's guitar. That thing is about to fall apart.

Don't get me wrong, I love Willie, but I'd want a guitar I can play. I'd take a guitar from Elvis because it wasn't played much at all, but it was worn by the king. I could get some use out of that.

#1 will go for $1Mil plus...

Zakk's Holy Grail bullseye Les Paul or Dimebag's original lightning bolt Dean.


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Robert Johnson's flat-top acoustic or B.B. King's original Lucille.

I agree with Willie's. What is it a Martin or something.

I wonder if that Robert Johnson guitar exist? If it does, I'll bet you $100 that Keef or Clapton own it.

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not positive, but i believe he auctions off a lot of guitars for charity. i remember reading a story one time about how the auction house came by and picked up the guitars he was donating and they grabbed a few of the ones he didn't intend to donate. when he found out, rather than going and demanding they be returned, he went to the auction and bid on them himself.

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In a thundering two-hour sale, carried by waves of fierce bidding and outbursts of devotional excitement, many Eric Clapton fans saw their dreams come true. In the fully packed James Christie salesroom at Rockefeller Center, bidders from all over the world competed passionately to acquire guitars from Eric Clapton’s collection or instruments donated by his musician friends such as Jimmie Vaughan and Pete Townshend. The sale was 100% sold and totaled $7,438,624, easily eclipsing the $5 million result achieved for the first Eric Clapton sale organized by Christie’s in 1999. The top lot of the evening was ‘Blackie,’ the black and white composite Fender Stratocaster that served as Clapton’s sole stage and studio guitar from 1970 till 1985. ‘Blackie’ was sold for $959,500, becoming the most expensive guitar ever to have been sold at auction. Proceeds of the sale will benefit Crossroads Centre in Antigua, an addiction treatment center established by Eric Clapton in 1998.

Upon hearing the results of tonight’s sale, Eric Clapton, who is currently touring the country, commented: “I am thrilled at the result which is going to be of enormous help to us in achieving our long term aims at the Centre. On behalf of myself, but above all on behalf of all the future clients who will benefit from the enhanced facilities at the Centre, and those who will receive free or assisted treatment as a result of this sale, I want to say a big ‘thank you’ to all of those who have come along today and played a part in making this for me and everyone connected with the Centre, a very memorable occasion.”

Tim Sinnott, Executive Officer of Crossroads Centre, who was present during the sale and its five-day viewing, said afterwards: ”Mr. Clapton’s generosity to Crossroads Centre Antigua is an overwhelming gift to people in need of recovery resources. The funds from the Guitar Auction at Christie’s will help Crossroads in many different areas, including the completion of the 16-bed half-way house, The Bevon House, and the continuation of Crossroads international financial assistance programs. The impact of this auction will enable Crossroads Centre to sail into the future to fulfill the mission and vision of its founder and chairman: to provide affordable, accessible and quality addiction rehabilitation treatment.”

One of the most significant guitars to come up for sale was undoubtedly ‘Blackie,’ the composite Fender Stratocaster, circa 1956/1957, which in Eric Clapton’s own words “has become part of me.” Clapton has tremendous affection for this guitar, and had an intense working relationship with Blackie throughout the 1970s and early 1980s. Offered with a $100,000-150,000 estimate, ‘Blackie’ sold for $959,500, breaking a world auction record for any guitar. The first copy of the ‘Eric Clapton Signature Stratocaster,’ modeled after ‘Blackie’ and extensively used by Clapton from 1990 onwards was bought for $231,500 against an estimate of $8,000-12,000.

A credible rival to ‘Blackie’ in stellar ranking was Clapton’s 1964 cherry-red Gibson ES-335. This famous Gibson is the second electric guitar Eric Clapton ever bought, and the one he is most sentimental about. Clapton used this guitar throughout his remarkable career, from his time with the Yardbirds until today. The Gibson was offered with its case, which has the word ‘Cream’ and the initials ‘EC G ES’ stenciled in white paint on the exterior and also carries a label inscribed by Lee Dickson “Auction(Sadly!).” The intense bidding war sent shocks of excitement through the room and when the hammer finally came down the price had soared to $847,500 against a $60,000-80,000 estimate. It is a world auction record for any Gibson guitar.

The instrument that changed the role of the acoustic guitar in rock music forever was the 1939, 000-42 Martin Clapton played on the ‘Unplugged’ album. Against a $60,000-80,000 estimate, it sold for $791,500, a world auction record for any Martin guitar.

‘Crash 3,’ Clapton’s newest graffiti Fender Stratocaster has a unique story. Used by Clapton since the start of the 2004 concert tour, the guitar was scheduled to come to Christie’s after the Dallas Crossroads Festival in early June. However, Clapton liked it so much that he decided to continue playing it for as long as he could. ‘Crash 3’ finally arrived at Rockefeller Center this morning, fresh from Clapton’s hands and was knocked down tonight for $321,100. Decorated by the famous street-artist Crash, the Graffiti Stratocaster has become Clapton’s first choice working guitar. This is the first of Clapton’s collection of graffiti guitars to appear on the market.

Other spectacular prices were achieved for ‘Ivan,’ the 12-string guitar Clapton co-designed with Tony Zemaitis in 1969 ($253,900); a custom, gold-leaf decorated Fender Stratocaster, numbered EC-1, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the model ($455,500); and ‘The Rainbow Rod,’ a Fender Stratocaster, circa 1996, with an iridescent finish, created by Roy Brizio, the famed Californian hot rod builder ($220,300).

From the group of guitars donated by musician friends to support the Crossroads Centre, the spectacular ‘Lenny,’ the Fender Stratocaster Stevie Ray Vaughan played from the 1970s onward until his tragic death in 1990, was an absolute highlight. The guitar was donated by Stevie Ray Vaughan’s brother, Jimmie, from the estate of SRV. It is the only personal guitar from SRV to have been released from the Estate into the public domain and it sold tonight for $623,500, the second highest price for a Fender Stratocaster.

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here's the link: http://www.whereseric.com/clapton/news/2004/06/crossroads_guitar_auction_realizes_three_new_world_auction_records.htm

Mick Jagger's codpiece? He's 62 y.o. and it's still making money

I sold my white 1963 Fender Precision Bass about 12 years ago on consignment.

I was told that Tommy Shannon (Johnny Winter, Stevie Ray Vaughan) bought it.

Cool.

I gig on two 1970's Rickenbackers now and I'm glad someone bought the Fender who most likely will use it.

I saw one of SRV's Stratocasters at the Hard Rock Cafe in Dallas.

It was lime green and was displayed next to ZZ Top's fur-covered guitars.

Buddy Holly's Strat is on display at his museum in Lubbock, along with his black glasses.

Those glasses spent years in an Iowa sheriff's desk in a Manila envelope, after being recovered at the fatal plane chrash site.

It's possible they were simply misplaced.

When a new sheriff took over the office, he found them and sent them to Buddy's parents.

That was a good thing to set straight and a very decent thing to do.

To the right collector, they could have been sold for a good bit of profit.

Kudoes to that sheriff for doing the right thing.

Buddy's Gibson acoustic guitar, encased in leather cover which Holly hand-tooled himself, was acquired by actor Gary Busey.

Maybe someday it will make it to the museum too.

Gig 'em, FAST FRED '65.

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I once read an interview where Nuno Betencourt said he got to play around on Eddie Van Halen's equipment (ironic since Gary Cherone would soon be singing for Van Halen). Anyway, Nuno, who is a great guitarist in his own right, played some VH tunes on VH equipment. He said that he then realized that it's not the equipment that gives EVH his sound, it EVH's hands. I've since had my own experiences that made me realize how true that is. I've concluded that even if I can "play" a SRV tune, but it doesn't sound quite right, the opportunity to use SRV's equipment probably wouldn't help me much.

There's an important lesson here. When you're kept on hold on the phone for too long, you spend a lot of time writing posts that ultimately add no value to this world we all live in.

Philo- I think Nuno was at 5150 (Eddie's home studio) to visit Gary when that scenario happened. I actually got to meet him shortly thereafter. He ripped Sammy big time and said that when they first played the VH3 material that he thought it was still Sammy singing. Said it didn't sound like Gary to him.

Did you see that episode of that show on VH-1 where they try to reunite bands, the one with Extreme? The got everyone in the band to agree to a one-off show...everyone but Nuno. He seemed like a bitterman.

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Irony is often just coincidence with a black lining...

OMG, Van Halen 3 really sucked! Don't bring that up anymore. Eddie has no business being a producer.

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Just SHUT UP and play the guitar...