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David Gilmour’s “Black Strat” Goes for $3.975M at Auction

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Author Erica Banas // Rock Music Reporter
LONDON - JULY 02: Dave Gilmour from the band Pink Floyd on stage at "Live 8 London" in Hyde Park on July 2, 2005 in London, England. The free concert is one of ten simultaneous international gigs including Philadelphia, Berlin, Rome, Paris, Barrie, Tokyo, Cornwall, Moscow and Johannesburg. The concerts precede the G8 summit (July 6-8) to raising awareness for MAKEpovertyHISTORY.

David Gilmour offered up 120 guitars from his personal collection at an auction at Christie’s in New York today (June 20), and his iconic 1969 Black Fender Stratocaster, affectionately known as “The Black Strat,” went for an astounding $3.975 million.

Gilmour played the guitar on The Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, Animals and The Wall. Christie’s estimated “The Black Strat” to sell between $100,000-150,000.

Christie’s

The David Gilmour Guitar Collection totaled US$21,490,750, with all the proceeds benefiting @ClientEarth. Thank you to all the fans today for an incredible 8-hour auction with bidders from 66 countries around the world! https://t.co/zHpdOCP6TU pic.twitter.com/aQDSHFyFZU

— Christie's (@ChristiesInc) June 20, 2019" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported that the sale of all 120 guitars at today’s auction produced a grand total of $21,490,750. Gilmour is donating all of the proceeds from the auction to the ClientEarth, a climate change organization.

 

Erica Banas is rock/classic rock news blogger that loves the smell of old vinyl in the morning.

Erica Banas is a news blogger who's been covering the rock/classic rock world since 2014. The coolest event she's ever covered in person was the 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony. (Sir Paul McCartney inducting Foo Fighters? C'mon now!) She's also well-versed in etiquette and extraordinarily nice. #TransRightsAreHumanRights
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