So what’s the most expensive guitar on record?
Stratcollector.com reported in 2004 that ”Eric Clapton’s prized Stratocaster, ”Blackie”, brought $959,500 in the Christie’s Eric Clapton Crossroads Guitar Auction, becoming the most expensive guitar ever to have been sold at an auction.”
Jeffbeck.com reports that the Fender model pictured below brought 1.6 million recently. Though it had no ”royal” pedigree it was signed by Jeff Beck and a host of other guitar greats including, Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood, Brian May, Tony Iommi, Paul McCartney, Sting, David Gilmour, Pete Townshend, Mark Knopfler, Angus & Malcolm Young, Ritchie Blackmore, Ray Davies, Noel & Liam Gallagher, Def Leppard, as well as Bryan Adams. The special signing was organized by Adams as a fundraiser for Asian tsunami relief.
