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Big Bad Guitar Auction from 2 collectorsThe event liquidated 376 guitars from two private collectors for the U.S. Federal Bankruptcy Court.
They could have charged me $25 to come in here and play these guitars, and I would have paid it,” Dartt, the assistant director of East Carolina University’s School of Music, said. “It’s amazing to me to just be able to pick up a $30,000 guitar and sit in the floor and play it.”
Erik Claptons Guitar Auction
Reuters) – More than 70 guitars belonging to legendary British music icon Eric Clapton will go on the auction block in New York next week to raise money for his drug and alcohol treatment centerReuters) – More than 70 guitars belonging to legendary British music icon Eric Clapton will go on the auction block in New York next week to raise money for his drug and alcohol treatment centre in the Caribbean.
Van Halen guitar lands in Smithsonian
strong>(CNN) — A monster of sorts is lurking in the halls of the Smithsonian — a beast that once belonged to rocker Eddie Van Halen.
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History announced Monday that it has acquired the Van Halen “Frank 2″ — a red, black and white Fender that the guitar hero used to ply his trademark licks on.