US EditionPink Floyd guitar sold for record-breaking $14.6m
David Gilmour’s 1969 Fender Stratocaster sold for $14.55 million at Christie’s, setting a new auction record and surpassing the previous $6 million for Kurt Cobain’s guitar.
- On Thursday, David Gilmour's 1969 black Fender 'Black Strat' sold for $14.55million at Christie's in New York, becoming the most expensive guitar ever sold at auction.
- Because the guitar featured on classic albums, Jim Irsay's collection meant it attracted record-breaking interest, selling for $14.6 million at auction.
- Christie's estimated the guitar at $2million–$4million, but an unnamed online bidder won after 21 minutes, pushing the price to $14.55million; Irsay bought it for $5 million in 2020.
- That outcome helped the Irsay sale reach about $84m and set a new auction record for a guitar, surpassing Kurt Cobain's $6.01 million sale. Proceeds will support Jim Irsay's philanthropic causes.
- Other lots at the sale showed Jerry Garcia's guitar and Kurt Cobain's Fender Mustang , indicating strong demand for top-tier music memorabilia.
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The guitar used by music David Gilmour in six Pink Floyd albums was sold in leión for a record value of $14.55 million, announced Christie's.
David Gilmore used the guitar on some of Pink Floyd's most famous albums.
A guitar belonging to Pink Floyd member David Gilmour has fetched a record amount at an auction in New York. An unknown buyer bid over $14.6 million (€12 million) after 21 minutes of bidding, more than four times what the auction house had expected to receive for it. Gilmour played the 1969 Fender Stratocaster, known as his Black Strat, on all albums between 1970 and 1983. As such, the instrument can be heard on classics such as Wish You Were He…
British musician David Gilmour’s legendary “Black Strat” guitar was sold for $14.55 million at an auction organized by Christie’s, becoming the most expensive guitar ever sold in a bid.
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