US EditionIconic British Rock Band's Guitar Could Fetch Hefty Sum at Auction
WILTSHIRE, ENGLAND, SEP 9 – The guitar, once owned by Phil O'Donoghue and given away by Jimmy Page in a 50-year-old contest, is expected to attract strong bids at Gardiner Houlgate auction.
- A vintage Gretsch Chet Atkins model 6120 electric guitar from 1957, once owned by Jimmy Page, is scheduled to be auctioned on September 9 in Corsham, Wiltshire, England.
- The guitar was awarded as the grand prize in a contest organized by New Musical Express over fifty years ago, where participants needed to identify which guitars belonged to well-known musicians.
- Charles Reid from Hornsey, north London, was the original winner of the guitar and held onto it before transferring ownership to Phil O'Donoghue in September 1990; O'Donoghue kept the guitar until he passed away earlier this year.
- The auctioneer Luke Hobbs described Jimmy Page as a legendary guitarist, noting the guitar’s rarity and estimated its sale price between $40,000 and $70,000, including original NME documents.
- This auction highlights the enduring value of Led Zeppelin memorabilia and may attract strong interest from collectors, investors, and fans worldwide.
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The English auction house Gardiner Houlgate estimates that Jimmy Page's electric guitar from the rock band Led Zeppelin could sell for 50,000 British pounds (about 57,000 euros) at auction. The 1957 Gretsch 6120 guitar was donated by the musician as the main prize in a music competition more than 50 years ago. The auction will take place on September 9.
Guitar owned by Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page expected to bring in over $40,00 at auction
Disney/Michael J. Le Brecht II A guitar that was previously owned by Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page is going up for auction in September and is expected to bring in a pretty penny. The U.K. publication The Standard reports that the guitar up for grabs was originally part of a collaboration between New Music Express magazine and the band over 50 years ago. Back then, the mag ran a sweepstakes with the grand prize being a 1957 Gretsch Chet Atkins 6120 …
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A guitar that NME gave away in collaboration with Led Zeppelin is expected to reach £50,000 at auction soon. The guitar in question is a 1957 Gretsch Chet Atkins 6120 electric guitar, which was the prize in a competition run by the New Musical Express magazine. Advertisement The competition was held over half a century ago, and saw NME team up with Led Zeppelin legend Jimmy Page to gift… Source
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