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John Lennon guitar sells for $2.9m, breaking Beatles auction record

Lennon’s 12-string Hootenanny, heard on Help! album and film, had not been seen or played for half a century

The Guardian - UK

“One of the most important Beatles guitars ever to come to the auction block”: John Lennon’s lost Help! Framus 12-string has become one of the most expensive guitars to ever sell at auction

The influential instrument was found in an attic after 50 years, and tipped to oust Kurt Cobain's $6m Martin D-18e in the record books

Guitar World

Saturday Night Fever dancefloor to be auctioned with $300,000 estimate

Multicoloured floor is part of sale along with Raiders of the Lost Ark prop prototype and The Big Lebowski costumes

The Guardian - UK

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“The bass has been given the nickname ‘Momoa’s Koa’”: Jason Momoa is auctioning off a collection of Gibson and Fender Custom Shop guitars and handmade bass builds, including signed Slash and Billy Gibbons Les Pauls

The instruments are all being sold to raise money for a host of charities, having featured in the actor’s On The Roam series

Guitar World

“When Bob Dylan went electric, this guitar was there”: Bob Dylan and Robbie Robertson's much-customized 1965 Telecaster is up for auction and could fetch up to $700,000

With its black finish stripped down in favor of its natural wood grain, a uniquely installed Bigsby B16 bridge, and decades of history played into it, the guitar is a key highlight in Julien’s upcoming Music Icons auction

Guitar World

Guitar formerly owned by Prince could fetch $600,000 at auction

Cloud 3 used at height of his stardom may beat estimate and become most expensive of late musician’s guitars

The Guardian - UK

"Check your attic": Lost Lennon Help! guitar tipped to beat the current $2.4m Beatles six-string record at auction

Could it eclipse the $6m bill for Cobain's MTV unplugged acoustic?

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“My ’57 Gretsch was stolen in 1978. Getting that guitar back and playing it so much got me thinking about the other guitars in my possession”: Over 200 of Randy Bachman's iconic guitars are up for auction

Over 200 of Randy Bachman's iconic guitars are up for auction

Guitar World

"Out of all of the guitars in the whole world, the Fender Mustang is my favourite": The story of Kurt Cobain's Mustangs in Nirvana

From the record-breaking Competition Stripe to the In Utero Sky-Stangs and new Orang-Stang revelations

MusicRadar

Princess Diana's Designer Was 'Emotional' Over $1M Sale Of Royal's Dress

Jacques Azagury thinks the late princess would be happy to know that her dresses have been well-preserved and loved.

International Business Times UK

Dress Worn By Princess Diana Breaks Record and Sells for $1.1M at Auction—11 Times Its Estimated Price

The look is a tangible timestamp of mid-1980s fashion, shoulder pads and all.

Marie Claire

Princess Diana dress fetches record-breaking price tag at auction

The ballerina-length dress designed by Jacques Azagury went for eleven times its estimate

Evening Standard

“Billy drops the line, ‘I'm sending you some sheepskins. I want you to put them on some guitars’”: Dusty Hill’s iconic fur-covered spinning bass from ZZ Top’s Legs video just sold at auction – and absolutely smashed its estimated sale price

The Dean Zelinsky-made model went under the hammer alongside Hill's custom Hot Rod car bass – but both were outsold by the late ZZ Top bassist's vintage 1953 Fender Precision model

Guitar World

Princess Diana engagement blouse expected to sell for 100k at auction

Diana wore the blouse in the iconic engagement portrait photographed by Lord Snowden

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Diana’s 1981 engagement portrait blouse could sell for £79,000 at auction

An evening dress worn by Diana is also being sold.

Zenger

Original E.T. Animatronic Head To Fetch Up To £1 Million At Hollywood Legends Auction

Julien's Auctions collaborates with TCM to offer over 1,000 pop culture artifacts, including iconic movie props and costumes.

MusicRadar

Kurt Cobain's 'Skystang I' Fender Mustang guitar fails to eclipse his record-breaking Competition Stripe model at auction

But it still fetched over $1.5million

Guitar World

The 22 most expensive guitars of all time

Fenders owned by Eric Clapton and Bob Dylan, Martins belonging to Kurt Cobain and David Gilmour, and one independently made axe headline the list of most profitable guitars sold at auction

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Kurt Cobain guitars now account for 3 of the top 10 most expensive guitars sold at auction as the ‘Sky Stang I’ Fender Mustang used in Nirvana’s final performance sells for $1.5 million

The value of Kurt Cobain-associated guitar sales on the list now more than doubles that of his nearest competitor, David Gilmour

MusicRadar

Eric Clapton’s 1964 ‘The Fool’ Gibson SG sells at auction for a record $1.27 million

The Fool and your money is easily parted as the iconic double-cut is now the most expensive of Clapton's guitars ever to be sold at auction, and is now owned by The Jim Irsay Collection

Guitar World

“The most expensive Clapton guitar ever sold at auction”: Eric Clapton’s iconic ‘Fool’ Gibson SG just sold for more than $1,000,000 – and it was bought by a world-renowned guitar collector

The record-breaking auction sees the uniquely finished double-cut – which Slowhand used to develop his trademark “woman tone” – comfortably join the list of the most expensive guitars sold at auction

The Independent UK

Eric Clapton’s psychedelic ‘Fool’ guitar sells for more than £1m at auction

The 1964 Gibson SG electric guitar sold for 1,270,000 dollars.

Guitar World

“When they shot smoke, the crowd went wild!”: Dusty Hill’s Hot Rod car bass, custom built by Wayne Charvel for ZZ Top’s Eliminator tour, hides a few secrets beneath the hood – now it’s up for auction

Check out the automobile-inspired build that powered some of the band’s most iconic appearances in the early-’80s

The Independent UK

Front door of home where Manson family murdered Sharon Tate sells for $127k

The door where Manson cult member Susan Atkins wrote ‘Pig’ in Sharon Tate’s blood has sold for $127k

The Independent UK

Diana gowns sell for more than £1m at US auction

The Legends: Hollywood And Royalty auction, featuring more than 1,400 items, ended on Friday evening.

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