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Clapton's "BLACKIE" 2004 went for a record auction price of $959.500 Stevie Ray Vaughn's "LENNY" sold for $623.500 I was outbid...By $959.000
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Added: 31st December 2007
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Posted by: Babs64 on 2008-01-01
Maybe next time tommy!
Following the sale of Clapton's guitars in 1999, Christie's offered a group of fine guitars that Clapton described as the 'cream of my collection.' Proceeds from the sale benefitted the Crossroads Centre that Clapton founded in Antigua in 1997.
Highlights of the auction included 'Blackie', the unique composite Fender Stratocaster, circa 1956, that Clapton played throughout the early 1970s until the mid 1980s; the 1964 cherry red Gibson ES-335, the second electric guitar he ever bought and the one most associated with his days with Cream; the 1937 Martin, 000-42, used on The 'Unplugged' recording; and the Fender Stratocaster 'Crash 3' designed by famous street artist Crash and the first of Clapton's graffiti guitars to be offered at auction.
Also featured were a group of pre-World War II C.F. Martin Company guitars; a 12-string guitar co-designed by Clapton in 1969 with renowned guitar maker Tony Zemaitis, and guitars donated by musician friends such as Pete Townshend, Brian May and B.B. King.
Quite an impressive collection for any guitar aficionado.
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