Noel Gallagher’s MTV Unplugged Guitar Sells for Record $300,000
Propstore said the Takamine acoustic guitar set a world record for an Oasis acoustic guitar after drawing strong demand from collectors.
- On Thursday, Noel Gallagher's Takamine FP460SC acoustic guitar, played during Oasis's 1996 MTV Unplugged performance, sold for $299,376 at Propstore's Music Live Auction in London, setting a world record.
- Freddie Mercury's notebook containing handwritten working lyrics from his Mr. Bad Guy recording sessions fetched the auction's highest price at $365,904, contributing to a combined $3.3 million in sales on day one.
- Other highlights included Michael Jackson's photo-matched black-and-gold military-style jacket, which sold for $299,376, while John Lennon's tinted prescription 'Lost Weekend' glasses went for $166,320.
- Propstore music specialist Mark Hochman said the record-setting sale of Gallagher's guitar is a "fantastic result" and a "testament to the lasting connection fans have with Oasis."
- The auction also featured a Yamaha C3 Grand Piano played by Freddie Mercury, which sold for $108,108, alongside rare memorabilia from the collection of German producer Reinhold Mack.
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The guitar that Noel Gallagher, of Oasis, used during the band's presentation at the "MTV Unplugged" in 1996, was sold for £226.8 thousand (about US$299 thousand, or R$1.3 million, at the current quotation) at an auction. The value set a world record for the highest price already reached at an auction by an acoustic guitar of the Oasis, said Propstore, UK-based house responsible for the negotiation. Understand: Oasis resorts to Justice to preven…
The acoustic guitar played by Noel Gallagher during historian MTV Unplugged of the Oasis of 1996 and signed personally by the musician was sold at auction for 226,800 pounds, setting the world record for such an instrument. The instrument, one of the most anticipated pieces of the Music Live Auction organized by Propstore, contributed to [...] L'articolo The guitar by Noel Gallagher of the Oasis that enchanted 1996 breaks record: 226,800 pounds …
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