Billed as the highlight of this auction, which took place on the premises of the Hard Rock Café in New York but also via the internet, this Martin D-45 acoustic guitar, strummed by Clapton in 1970 during a first live concert of his group Derek and The Dominos, had a value estimated by Julien’s of between $ 300,000 and $ 500,000.
Its sale price is still well below the auction record for a guitar, reached by the semi-acoustic with which the late singer of the American grunge band Nirvana, Kurt Cobain, had played during the famous concert “MTV Unplugged” in 1993. : this one was auctioned at 6 million dollars in 2020 also by Julien’s Auction.
Rock and blues legend Eric Clapton (76) has had controversial attitudes since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, posting positions deemed anti-vaccine and opposed to lockdown.
Other guitars sold at auction included a 1976 Gibson Explorer used by U2 guitarist “The Edge”, sold for $ 437,500, and a Fender Stratocaster played by David Guilmour of the historic Pink Floyd, sold for $ 200,000.
During these instances, about 1,000 lots and various objects that passed through the hands of groups and musicians such as the Beatles, Guns N’Roses, Nirvana, Michael Jackson, Amy Winehouse, Whitney Houston, Lady Gaga, Madonna, Elvis Presley and the Rolling Stones.
Source From: Ambito
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