Guitar
1930 The Guitar of the King of Cowboys
2009 SOLD 550 K$ including premium
A few days ago, I took you to consider a piano from Memphis, Tennessee. Do not change of State or time, but only of auction house.
On April 4 in New York, Christie's offers the guitar of Roy Rogers, the King of the Cowboys in Nashville. This small town has been in the last century the undisputed capital of Country Music, relying upon these social facts of the era that were the broadcast and the development of the record industry.
Among these artists, the career of Roy Rogers is one of the longest and most successful.
The instrument for sale is the one he used regularly. This guitar of professional quality was the model OM-45 Deluxe that C. F. Martin and Co had built in 15 copies in 1930. It was acquired by Roy before 1933, when our hero was still Leonard Franklin Slye (a name difficult to bear for a cowboy singer, you will agree).
To give you a chance to extend the glory of Roy Rogers, prepare 150 K $.
POST SALE COMMENT
This instrument has unique characteristics, including its origin. The result is very high: K $ 550 premium included.
On April 4 in New York, Christie's offers the guitar of Roy Rogers, the King of the Cowboys in Nashville. This small town has been in the last century the undisputed capital of Country Music, relying upon these social facts of the era that were the broadcast and the development of the record industry.
Among these artists, the career of Roy Rogers is one of the longest and most successful.
The instrument for sale is the one he used regularly. This guitar of professional quality was the model OM-45 Deluxe that C. F. Martin and Co had built in 15 copies in 1930. It was acquired by Roy before 1933, when our hero was still Leonard Franklin Slye (a name difficult to bear for a cowboy singer, you will agree).
To give you a chance to extend the glory of Roy Rogers, prepare 150 K $.
POST SALE COMMENT
This instrument has unique characteristics, including its origin. The result is very high: K $ 550 premium included.
1959 Popular Music for the Teenagers
2018 SOLD for $ 430K including premium
New styles of music fascinate the English teenagers. The skiffle is an easy way to try they luck : they sing a mixture of folk and blues accompanied by guitars and by weird do-it-yourself instruments. John Lennon creates in 1956 a skiffle band named The Quarrymen.
He early meets two other teenagers from Liverpool, Paul McCartney and George Harrison. During the summer of 1957 Paul and George hitchhike together. With their guitars, of course.
To do better than the skiffle, two styles are possible, jazz and rock and roll. Mona Best decides to help young musicians by opening a rock and roll live club. She buys an espresso machine and opens the Casbah Coffee Club in her cellar in Liverpool on August 29, 1959.
Fan of Bill Haley and Elvis Presley, John is interested. He comes to Mona with three guitarist friends, Paul, George and Ken Brown. Needing a name for their group, they again use The Quarrymen. Pete, Mona's elder son, will soon become the drummer of The Beatles and as such the predecessor of Ringo.
While helping the Bests to prepare for the opening, John buys his first electric guitar, a Höfner Club 40, with the help of £ 17 brought by Aunt Mimi, the real starting point for his legendary career.
His choice of the Club 40 had been made with George who at 16 was already a great connoisseur of guitars. George had played a jazz acoustic Höfner that he exchanges to acquire a Club 40 and its pickups. George and John now play the same type of guitar. Paul will follow.
George owns that first electric guitar until 1966 when he accepts that it becomes the prize in a pop band competition in Germany. It bears the signatures of the four Beatles but they were entrusted to their road manager and are therefore neither apocryphal nor autograph. This guitar that accompanied the dawn of the Beatles fame is estimated beyond $ 200K for sale by Julien's in New York on May 19, lot 550.
Please watch the video shared by the auction house.
He early meets two other teenagers from Liverpool, Paul McCartney and George Harrison. During the summer of 1957 Paul and George hitchhike together. With their guitars, of course.
To do better than the skiffle, two styles are possible, jazz and rock and roll. Mona Best decides to help young musicians by opening a rock and roll live club. She buys an espresso machine and opens the Casbah Coffee Club in her cellar in Liverpool on August 29, 1959.
Fan of Bill Haley and Elvis Presley, John is interested. He comes to Mona with three guitarist friends, Paul, George and Ken Brown. Needing a name for their group, they again use The Quarrymen. Pete, Mona's elder son, will soon become the drummer of The Beatles and as such the predecessor of Ringo.
While helping the Bests to prepare for the opening, John buys his first electric guitar, a Höfner Club 40, with the help of £ 17 brought by Aunt Mimi, the real starting point for his legendary career.
His choice of the Club 40 had been made with George who at 16 was already a great connoisseur of guitars. George had played a jazz acoustic Höfner that he exchanges to acquire a Club 40 and its pickups. George and John now play the same type of guitar. Paul will follow.
George owns that first electric guitar until 1966 when he accepts that it becomes the prize in a pop band competition in Germany. It bears the signatures of the four Beatles but they were entrusted to their road manager and are therefore neither apocryphal nor autograph. This guitar that accompanied the dawn of the Beatles fame is estimated beyond $ 200K for sale by Julien's in New York on May 19, lot 550.
Please watch the video shared by the auction house.
1962 The Missing Jumbo of John Lennon
2015 SOLD for $ 2.4M including premium
The Beatles liked the Gibson ES-175 guitar of their friend Tony Sheridan. John and George desired to own guitars from this US brand. Their choice went on the Jumbo Electric J-160E that was not regularly available in England. This acoustic-electric hybrid model can be used unconnected, which is nice when you are traveling.
The two identical marvels are delivered to them on September 10, 1962 through a specialized shop in Liverpool. These instruments meet their needs and they make a regular use of them for composition and recording, at home and in the studio. Their collaboration is so close that they swap their Gibsons, certainly unknowingly.
A few days after a Christmas show in 1963, John observes that his guitar has left. He will never see it again.
For the last 45 years, a guitarist living in San Diego owned this instrument without identifying its glorious past. In 2014, he realized the likeness of his Gibson with its widely documented twin which had been kept by George. Serial numbers are very close together.
The veins in the wood allow the identification of a guitar with the same certainty as fingerprints for a human. The best expert of equipment used by the Beatles compared the instrument with period photographs. He is formal and admiring : half a century after being pinched, John Lennon's Gibson has resurfaced in its unmodified configuration, like a time capsule.
This historic guitar is estimated $ 600K for sale by Julien's in Beverly Hills on November 7, lot 278.
Its photo in an exhibit at Austin in 2015 was offered to the public domain and is available on Wikimedia:
The two identical marvels are delivered to them on September 10, 1962 through a specialized shop in Liverpool. These instruments meet their needs and they make a regular use of them for composition and recording, at home and in the studio. Their collaboration is so close that they swap their Gibsons, certainly unknowingly.
A few days after a Christmas show in 1963, John observes that his guitar has left. He will never see it again.
For the last 45 years, a guitarist living in San Diego owned this instrument without identifying its glorious past. In 2014, he realized the likeness of his Gibson with its widely documented twin which had been kept by George. Serial numbers are very close together.
The veins in the wood allow the identification of a guitar with the same certainty as fingerprints for a human. The best expert of equipment used by the Beatles compared the instrument with period photographs. He is formal and admiring : half a century after being pinched, John Lennon's Gibson has resurfaced in its unmodified configuration, like a time capsule.
This historic guitar is estimated $ 600K for sale by Julien's in Beverly Hills on November 7, lot 278.
Its photo in an exhibit at Austin in 2015 was offered to the public domain and is available on Wikimedia:
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1962-1963 The Black and White Guitar of George Harrison
2014 SOLD 660 K$ including premium
Electric guitars play a key role from very early in the career of The Beatles up to becoming a symbol of the music of the new generation. After the first purchase by John Lennon of a Rickenbacker guitar in 1960, the Beatles frequently use the instruments made by this US brand.
George Harrison had been the first solo guitarist of the group. In 1963, during a private visit in the United States, he bought a 1962 Rickenbacker 425. He soon made it painted in black and white in imitation of the guitars of John, always keen to provide the Beatles with a look different from the musical groups of the past.
This guitar was the preferred instrument of George in the heyday of the Beatles. It had a great career, was once photographed with the four boys, took part in the recordings at Abbey Road Studios and was also occasionally played by John.
This prestigious guitar is estimated beyond $ 400K, for sale by Julien's Auctions in New York on May 17. It is illustrated in the release shared by Reuters.
POST SALE COMMENT
This guitar from the Beatles legend was sold for $ 660K including premium.
George Harrison had been the first solo guitarist of the group. In 1963, during a private visit in the United States, he bought a 1962 Rickenbacker 425. He soon made it painted in black and white in imitation of the guitars of John, always keen to provide the Beatles with a look different from the musical groups of the past.
This guitar was the preferred instrument of George in the heyday of the Beatles. It had a great career, was once photographed with the four boys, took part in the recordings at Abbey Road Studios and was also occasionally played by John.
This prestigious guitar is estimated beyond $ 400K, for sale by Julien's Auctions in New York on May 17. It is illustrated in the release shared by Reuters.
POST SALE COMMENT
This guitar from the Beatles legend was sold for $ 660K including premium.
1963 An Australian Guitar
2015 SOLD for $ 485K including premium by Julien's
2018 SOLD for £ 350K including premium
PRE 2018 SALE DISCUSSION
John Lennon and George Harrison are passionate about their guitars and their acquisitions are often coordinated in their purchase, exchange or loan. Their instruments make it possible to establish the list of the best manufacturers of electric and electro-acoustic guitars of their time.
Their first electric guitars in 1959 were Höfner Club 40. In 1960 John acquired a Rickenbacker 325. In 1962 they each buy a Gibson acoustic J-160E equipped with a pickup, a practical solution for a disconnected playing during travel. Add to this list Gretsch, Fender and Martin.
In 1963 George replaces his Gretsch Duo Jet with a Country Gentleman of the same brand. In July the new guitar requires some urgent rework and George needs an instrument for the ongoing concerts. The repair vendor, Barratts in Manchester, lends him a Maton Mastersound MS-500.
This is an excellent opportunity for George to test an Australian electric guitar. Created in 1946 by the May brothers, one of them specialist and machinist of rare Australian wood and the other a guitar enthusiast, Maton is the leader in its Australian market.
The Mastersound meets George's immediate needs : before restituting it to Barratts, he plays it on stage for five weeks. He then returns to the Country Gent.
The Australian guitar is exchanged soon afterward by Barratts with the guitarist of The Cruisers for a Fender Stratocaster. It was sold for $ 485K including premium by Julien's on May 16, 2015. It is estimated £ 300K for sale by Gardiner Houlgate on September 12 at Corsham near Bath, lot 189 here linked on The Saleroom bidding platform. Here is the link to the Guitar department of the auction house.
The Country Gent meets a tragic end in 1965. Not stuck on the roof of the Beatles van, it falls and is crushed by the road traffic. The team is looking for it. A trucker picks up the pieces and tells them "Is this banjo anything to do with you?".
John Lennon and George Harrison are passionate about their guitars and their acquisitions are often coordinated in their purchase, exchange or loan. Their instruments make it possible to establish the list of the best manufacturers of electric and electro-acoustic guitars of their time.
Their first electric guitars in 1959 were Höfner Club 40. In 1960 John acquired a Rickenbacker 325. In 1962 they each buy a Gibson acoustic J-160E equipped with a pickup, a practical solution for a disconnected playing during travel. Add to this list Gretsch, Fender and Martin.
In 1963 George replaces his Gretsch Duo Jet with a Country Gentleman of the same brand. In July the new guitar requires some urgent rework and George needs an instrument for the ongoing concerts. The repair vendor, Barratts in Manchester, lends him a Maton Mastersound MS-500.
This is an excellent opportunity for George to test an Australian electric guitar. Created in 1946 by the May brothers, one of them specialist and machinist of rare Australian wood and the other a guitar enthusiast, Maton is the leader in its Australian market.
The Mastersound meets George's immediate needs : before restituting it to Barratts, he plays it on stage for five weeks. He then returns to the Country Gent.
The Australian guitar is exchanged soon afterward by Barratts with the guitarist of The Cruisers for a Fender Stratocaster. It was sold for $ 485K including premium by Julien's on May 16, 2015. It is estimated £ 300K for sale by Gardiner Houlgate on September 12 at Corsham near Bath, lot 189 here linked on The Saleroom bidding platform. Here is the link to the Guitar department of the auction house.
The Country Gent meets a tragic end in 1965. Not stuck on the roof of the Beatles van, it falls and is crushed by the road traffic. The team is looking for it. A trucker picks up the pieces and tells them "Is this banjo anything to do with you?".
1964 Second Thoughts behind a Guitar
2015 SOLD for $ 910K including premium
When the Beatles became a worldwide phenomenon, the manufacturers of guitars were extremely sensitive to the needs of the group. In 1964, the Rickenbacker 325 that was used by John is damaged. The importer of the brand in England, Rose-Morris, rushes to offer to the star a Rickenbacker 1996.
The gift is promotional. The new Rickenbacker receives the nickname Beatle Backer and John's effigy is used in the advertisements of the brand.
In 1968, the same instrument is the subject of another gift. Epstein had died in the previous year and the boys are not trained to run their own business. Relationships are strained for personal reasons. Ringo leaves the group at a key stage of their recordings in progress.
Ringo needed two weeks of holidays for keeping quiet again, during which he composed songs. The other three are worried about a possible termination of the group and the come back of Ringo is warmly welcomed. John gives his Beatle Backer to Ringo.
Ringo Starr had kept the instrument. It is estimated $ 600K for sale by Julien's Auctions in Beverly Hills on December 4, lot 778. I invite you to watch the video shared on YouTube by the auction house.
The gift is promotional. The new Rickenbacker receives the nickname Beatle Backer and John's effigy is used in the advertisements of the brand.
In 1968, the same instrument is the subject of another gift. Epstein had died in the previous year and the boys are not trained to run their own business. Relationships are strained for personal reasons. Ringo leaves the group at a key stage of their recordings in progress.
Ringo needed two weeks of holidays for keeping quiet again, during which he composed songs. The other three are worried about a possible termination of the group and the come back of Ringo is warmly welcomed. John gives his Beatle Backer to Ringo.
Ringo Starr had kept the instrument. It is estimated $ 600K for sale by Julien's Auctions in Beverly Hills on December 4, lot 778. I invite you to watch the video shared on YouTube by the auction house.
1964-1965 Electricity in the Air
2013 SOLD 965 K$ including premium
In 1965, Bob Dylan is 24 years old and has a lot of musical ambitions. He had met the Beatles in the previous year and their mutual influence will be considerable. To get a sustainable favor from the young public, he must be bold.
Dylan's strategy at the Folk Festival in Newport RI on July 25 is winning. Spectators were waiting for his acoustic guitar and his harmonica. Without warning, he began singing with an electric guitar. Dylan insists despite being booed, before coming back to comfort his friends again with his classical guitar.
Both types of instruments have a similar shape conducive to puzzle such a neophyte public, but the comparison stops here. His electric guitar is a solid body instrument without sounding case, a Fender Stratocaster model made in 1964.
The Fender Stratocaster was soon abandoned or simply lost in a private plane. When it surfaced again two years ago, it was unquestionably authenticated as the instrument of this clash of cultures in Newport that had paved the way for the era of rock and roll, offering more varied musical possibilities than the folk.
This iconic instrument is estimated $ 300K, for sale by Christie 's in New York on December 6. Here is the link to the catalog.
POST SALE COMMENT
The estimate was too conservative, of course. This instrument is important in the history of popular music. It was sold for $ 965K including premium.
Dylan's strategy at the Folk Festival in Newport RI on July 25 is winning. Spectators were waiting for his acoustic guitar and his harmonica. Without warning, he began singing with an electric guitar. Dylan insists despite being booed, before coming back to comfort his friends again with his classical guitar.
Both types of instruments have a similar shape conducive to puzzle such a neophyte public, but the comparison stops here. His electric guitar is a solid body instrument without sounding case, a Fender Stratocaster model made in 1964.
The Fender Stratocaster was soon abandoned or simply lost in a private plane. When it surfaced again two years ago, it was unquestionably authenticated as the instrument of this clash of cultures in Newport that had paved the way for the era of rock and roll, offering more varied musical possibilities than the folk.
This iconic instrument is estimated $ 300K, for sale by Christie 's in New York on December 6. Here is the link to the catalog.
POST SALE COMMENT
The estimate was too conservative, of course. This instrument is important in the history of popular music. It was sold for $ 965K including premium.
1965 The Electric Tour of Bob Dylan
2018 SOLD for $ 490K including premium
The reciprocal influence of Bob Dylan and The Beatles is bearing fruit. Rock and roll succeeds folk and blues, and the electric guitar supersedes the acoustic guitar.
Dylan is going forward at full speed. At Newport on July 25, 1965 the audience was coming to hear soft music. They are outraged by the electric music of Dylan who at only 24 years old was one of the most anticipated stars of that folk festival.
This provocation was premeditated. Five days earlier Like a rolling stone had been released as a single. The performance is however improvised with a band of accompaniment musicians formed at the very last minute with a few friends. The technique does not follow and the sound quality is dismal.
Nothing stops Dylan who is now the great traitor of the folk, but he must manage more professionally for preparing his Electric Tour that will ensure the success of his new style around the world. The group The Hawks is selected to accompany him.
Robbie Robertson, guitarist of The Hawks, easily convinces Dylan that the Fender Stratocaster he played in Newport is not suitable for a project of this magnitude. This model is too heavy and too likely to go out of tune. Throughout his tours from September 1965 to July 1966 Dylan plays a brand new Fender Telecaster owned by Robertson.
This explains why the Stratocaster of his Newport fame no longer interested him. Forgotten in an airplane a few months after Newport, it resurfaced in 2011 and was sold for $ 965K including premium by Christie's on December 6, 2013.
Dylan's career is interrupted by a motorcycle accident and The Hawks becomes The Band. Robertson uses the Telecaster of the Electric Tour in live concerts of The Band including the Woodstock Festival in 1969. His guitar is estimated $ 400K for sale by Julien's in New York on May 19, lot 491. Here is the link to the press release.
Robertson tells in the video shared by Darren Julien that this guitar has remained up to now one of his favorite instruments.
Dylan is going forward at full speed. At Newport on July 25, 1965 the audience was coming to hear soft music. They are outraged by the electric music of Dylan who at only 24 years old was one of the most anticipated stars of that folk festival.
This provocation was premeditated. Five days earlier Like a rolling stone had been released as a single. The performance is however improvised with a band of accompaniment musicians formed at the very last minute with a few friends. The technique does not follow and the sound quality is dismal.
Nothing stops Dylan who is now the great traitor of the folk, but he must manage more professionally for preparing his Electric Tour that will ensure the success of his new style around the world. The group The Hawks is selected to accompany him.
Robbie Robertson, guitarist of The Hawks, easily convinces Dylan that the Fender Stratocaster he played in Newport is not suitable for a project of this magnitude. This model is too heavy and too likely to go out of tune. Throughout his tours from September 1965 to July 1966 Dylan plays a brand new Fender Telecaster owned by Robertson.
This explains why the Stratocaster of his Newport fame no longer interested him. Forgotten in an airplane a few months after Newport, it resurfaced in 2011 and was sold for $ 965K including premium by Christie's on December 6, 2013.
Dylan's career is interrupted by a motorcycle accident and The Hawks becomes The Band. Robertson uses the Telecaster of the Electric Tour in live concerts of The Band including the Woodstock Festival in 1969. His guitar is estimated $ 400K for sale by Julien's in New York on May 19, lot 491. Here is the link to the press release.
Robertson tells in the video shared by Darren Julien that this guitar has remained up to now one of his favorite instruments.
1967 Jimi Hendrix burned his Guitar
2008 SOLD 280 K£ including premium
PRE SALE DISCUSSION
The foolish public life of Jimi Hendrix really began in 1967. On March 31, the first day of his tour in England, Jimi decided to conclude his concert by a spectacular happening. Thus he set fire to his guitar with fluid brought to him by his press officer. It was crazy, and Jimi was sent to hospital for burns to the hands. For a musician, it was not really clever, especially in early stage of his tour.
Jimi is a less good incendiary of instruments than Arman, and the guitar remained almost intact, with few visible burns. Now let us inform specialists that it is a Fender Stratocaster of 1965. It was recovered by the press officer, who now put it for sale in London at The Fame Bureau on September 4 . Jimi burned afterwards another guitar, that the fans are starting to look for.
The Fame Bureau is an auction house specializing in the memorabilia of rock and film.
The estimate is not available on the site of the auction house, but the web seems unanimous to announce it at 500 K£. The source of this information seems to be Reuters.
It was also announced in most articles I have seen that the so-called Woodstock Stratocaster guitar used by Hendrix at Woodstock would have been once sold $ 1.8 million at auction.
POST SALE COMMENT
Under the fire of biddings, the temperature of the guitar of Jimi Hendrix rose to £ 280 K. Although this is not clearly indicated, I think this price is out of charge.
£ 500 K was the high estimate. The low estimate had been more reasonable: 250 K £. This difference was justified by the uniqueness of this object, which made it difficult to assess tighter, and this high figure of £ 500 K was an effective way to attract the attention of the press.
The foolish public life of Jimi Hendrix really began in 1967. On March 31, the first day of his tour in England, Jimi decided to conclude his concert by a spectacular happening. Thus he set fire to his guitar with fluid brought to him by his press officer. It was crazy, and Jimi was sent to hospital for burns to the hands. For a musician, it was not really clever, especially in early stage of his tour.
Jimi is a less good incendiary of instruments than Arman, and the guitar remained almost intact, with few visible burns. Now let us inform specialists that it is a Fender Stratocaster of 1965. It was recovered by the press officer, who now put it for sale in London at The Fame Bureau on September 4 . Jimi burned afterwards another guitar, that the fans are starting to look for.
The Fame Bureau is an auction house specializing in the memorabilia of rock and film.
The estimate is not available on the site of the auction house, but the web seems unanimous to announce it at 500 K£. The source of this information seems to be Reuters.
It was also announced in most articles I have seen that the so-called Woodstock Stratocaster guitar used by Hendrix at Woodstock would have been once sold $ 1.8 million at auction.
POST SALE COMMENT
Under the fire of biddings, the temperature of the guitar of Jimi Hendrix rose to £ 280 K. Although this is not clearly indicated, I think this price is out of charge.
£ 500 K was the high estimate. The low estimate had been more reasonable: 250 K £. This difference was justified by the uniqueness of this object, which made it difficult to assess tighter, and this high figure of £ 500 K was an effective way to attract the attention of the press.
1973 The Luthier of the Grateful Dead
2017 SOLD for $ 1.9M including premium
Founded in California during the acidic era, the psychedelic band Grateful Dead plays electric music. The group is created and directed by the guitarist Jerry Garcia who needs the best instruments in this technique whose popularity is quite recent.
At the end of the 1960s Doug Irwin is a young biochemist disillusioned by his training. Despite the atmosphere of freedom of that time, everyone must find a job : Doug decides that he will construct electric guitars. After a self-taught training he joins the Alembic company founded in 1969 in the Grateful Dead rehearsal room.
At that time Alembic worked on the electronic processing of sound more than on its creation. In 1971 Doug builds his first electric guitar in his own name in his kitchen and brings it to a specialty shop. Jerry is there : he buys the instrument. This guitar named Eagle (Alembic) was sold for $ 186K including premium by Bonhams on May 8, 2007.
Eagle plays the role of a prototype from which Jerry and Doug embark on a more ambitious project. The result is an asymmetrically necked guitar named Wolf. It is completed in 1973 and Jerry uses it intensively for six years. The next instrument made by Doug for Jerry is named Tiger. Less asymmetrical than Wolf, Tiger innovates in the position of the strings.
In the dispute about the estate of Garcia who died in 1995, Irwin became the owner of Wolf and Tiger which he auctioned through Guernsey's on May 7, 2002. The result, exceptional for electric guitars at that time, was $ 960K including premium for Tiger and $ 790K including premium for Wolf.
Wolf is back at Guernsey's in Brooklyn NY on May 31. This single lot charity sale is organized for the benefit of the Southern Poverty Law Center.
At the end of the 1960s Doug Irwin is a young biochemist disillusioned by his training. Despite the atmosphere of freedom of that time, everyone must find a job : Doug decides that he will construct electric guitars. After a self-taught training he joins the Alembic company founded in 1969 in the Grateful Dead rehearsal room.
At that time Alembic worked on the electronic processing of sound more than on its creation. In 1971 Doug builds his first electric guitar in his own name in his kitchen and brings it to a specialty shop. Jerry is there : he buys the instrument. This guitar named Eagle (Alembic) was sold for $ 186K including premium by Bonhams on May 8, 2007.
Eagle plays the role of a prototype from which Jerry and Doug embark on a more ambitious project. The result is an asymmetrically necked guitar named Wolf. It is completed in 1973 and Jerry uses it intensively for six years. The next instrument made by Doug for Jerry is named Tiger. Less asymmetrical than Wolf, Tiger innovates in the position of the strings.
In the dispute about the estate of Garcia who died in 1995, Irwin became the owner of Wolf and Tiger which he auctioned through Guernsey's on May 7, 2002. The result, exceptional for electric guitars at that time, was $ 960K including premium for Tiger and $ 790K including premium for Wolf.
Wolf is back at Guernsey's in Brooklyn NY on May 31. This single lot charity sale is organized for the benefit of the Southern Poverty Law Center.
