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| nankerphelge |
If someone posted this already, I apologize:
NEW YORK (AFP) - Rocker Eric Clapton (news) will auction off 56 guitars from his collection on June 24 at Christie's in New York, the auction house said.
"I am selling the cream of my collection. What I am keeping back is just what I need to work with," Clapton said, cited by Christie's.
The proceeds from the sale will go to the Crossroads Centre in Antigua, which helps people wrestling with chemical dependency.
Exactly five years earlier, on June 24, 1999, Christie's sold the first part of Clapton's collection.
"These guitars are in fact the ones that I kept back from the first auction because I seriously couldn't consider parting with them at that point. I think they are a really good representation of rock culture, ... all great rock and blues guitars," Clapton said.
Among the items up for bids is the legendary "Blackie," a circa-1956 composite Fender Stratocaster, which Clapton says "has become a part of me."
Estimated at between 100,000 and 150,000 dollars, it is one of a kind, as Clapton assembled it himself from the components of three different Stratocasters bought in Nashville in 1970.
Another gem is a 1964 cherry-red Gibson ES-335, the second electric guitar Clapton ever purchased, which is estimated at between 60,000 and 80,000 dollars. Clapton says he bought the guitar after seeing blues legend Freddy King with a similar model on an album cover.
Also up for sale are guitars from Clapton's friends, including The Who's Pete Townshend (news), as well as others from Brian May (news) of Queen, J.J. Cale (news) and B.B. King.
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| LadyJane |
Way to go Eric. Very admirable gesture. Nice story to end the week!
Thanks Nanky!!
LJ. |
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| sammy davis jr. |
I'd like to check into the center in Antigua to kick my cigarette dependency. It's purty there. |
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| WildBillGrover |
Here's the big gig in Dallas in conjunction with this:
Sun 06/06/04 "Crossroads Guitar Festival"
Sun 06/06/04 B.B. King
Sun 06/06/04 Booker T. & The MG's
Sun 06/06/04 Brian May
Sun 06/06/04 Buddy Guy
Sun 06/06/04 Carlos Santana
Sun 06/06/04 Dan Tyminski
Sun 06/06/04 David Hidalgo
Sun 06/06/04 Doyle Bramhall II
Sun 06/06/04 Eric Clapton
Sun 06/06/04 Eric Johnson
Sun 06/06/04 Hubert Sumlin
Sun 06/06/04 J.J. Cale
Sun 06/06/04 Jimmie Vaughan
Sun 06/06/04 Joe Walsh
Sun 06/06/04 Larry Carlton
Sun 06/06/04 Otis Rush
Sun 06/06/04 Pat Metheny
Sun 06/06/04 Robert Randolph
Sun 06/06/04 Sonny Landreth
Sun 06/06/04 Steve Vai
Sun 06/06/04 The Robert Cray Band
Sun 06/06/04 ZZ Top
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