57pbass Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 I went to Christies auction house in Rockafellar Center - NYC today to see the Eric Clapton guitar collection that is being auctioned on Thursday... Blackie was there ... very cool...they would not allow pix.. In another room at Christies they where auctioning off movie memorabilia... here are a few pix I thought you might enjoy... Bathrobe...worn by Marilyn Monroe http://a9.cpimg.com/image/F7/4A/35428599-06e9-017F0200-.jpg Godfather.shirt worn by Al Pacino (Michael Corleone) http://a3.cpimg.com/image/79/45/35428473-8862-0200017F-.jpg Pattsi Kline Dresses http://a8.cpimg.com/image/74/45/35428468-8ca2-0200017F-.jpg http://a1.cpimg.com/image/77/45/35428471-0474-0200017F-.jpg www.danielprine.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Zeger Posted June 24, 2004 Share Posted June 24, 2004 ARRRGH! I was in NYC yesterday with time to kill before my flight back last night. I passed Rock. Center 2 or 3 times yesterday. I wish I had gone to see this stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
57pbass Posted June 25, 2004 Author Share Posted June 25, 2004 Blackie sold for $959.500.000... dont know who made the purchase... www.danielprine.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Force Posted June 25, 2004 Share Posted June 25, 2004 Mind boggling--my guess is that Paul Allen bought Blackie..he certainly has the money available for such a high bid... For Details, check out Money.Cnn.com . SRV's Strat brought in $623USD--that's the guitar I would like to have..it would be a perfect match for my currently owned SRV-signature strat Steve Force, Durham, North Carolina -------- My Professional Websites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Force Posted June 25, 2004 Share Posted June 25, 2004 Originally posted by forceman: Mind boggling--my guess is that Paul Allen bought Blackie..he certainly has the money available for such a high bid... For Details, check out Money.Cnn.com . SRV's Strat brought in $623,000 USD--that's the guitar I would like to have..it would be a perfect match for my currently owned SRV-signature strat Sorry, meant this to be an edit--deep apologies for the extra bandwidth needed to download.. Steve Force, Durham, North Carolina -------- My Professional Websites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wraub Posted June 25, 2004 Share Posted June 25, 2004 Here's some additional info on the auction: NME.com (emphasis added) A guitar owned by ERIC CLAPTON has become the most expensive ever sold at auction after fetching $959,500 (£526,048) in New York last night. The Fender Stratocaster, which Clapton called Blackie, went six times over its expected price of $150,000 (£83,000) following a frenetic bidding war at Christie's. The guitar, first used by Clapton in 1973, was bought by the Guitar Center - a US chain of shops. Proceeds will go towards Claptons Crossroads addiction clinic. It was a night of massive sales. The Guitar Center also bought Clapton's 1964 cherry-red Gibson ES-335 for $847,500 (£465,150) - more than 10 times its $80,000 (£43,892) estimate. And an acoustic guitar he played during his MTV Unplugged appearance in 1992 sold for $791,500 (£434,356). A staggering $7.4m (£4.03m) was raised during the auction which also saw donated guitars from Brian May, BB King and Pete Townshend. "I am thrilled at the result which is going to be of enormous help to us in achieving our long-term aims at the centre," said Clapton. Clapton made Blackie from a number of different Stratocasters originally bought in Nashville, Tennessee. He decided to "retire" it when it began wearing out in 1991. "I feel that that guitar has become part of me," he said Clapton. "It is still playable. It's immensely playable, but I suppose I was concerned that I was probably doing it more harm than good. Published: 25-06-2004-10-21 Peace, wraub I'm a lot more like I am now than I was when I got here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Phil Posted June 25, 2004 Share Posted June 25, 2004 why would GC buy those guitars? Do they plan on re selling them? ...or maybe they just wanted to donate mass amounts of money... http://www.briantimpe.com/images/LDL/dots/blue.JPGhttp://www.briantimpe.com/images/LDL/dots/black.JPGhttp://www.briantimpe.com/images/LDL/dots/fuscia.JPGhttp://www.briantimpe.com/images/LDL/dots/grey.JPGhttp://www.briantimpe.com/images/LDL/dots/orange.JPGhttp://www.briantimpe.com/images/LDL/dots/purple.JPGhttp://www.briantimpe.com/images/LDL/dots/red.JPGhttp://www.briantimpe.com/images/LDL/dots/yellow.JPG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wraub Posted June 25, 2004 Share Posted June 25, 2004 Originally posted by Mr. Phil.: why would GC buy those guitars? Do they plan on re selling them? ...or maybe they just wanted to donate mass amounts of money...Promotional items... Display pieces... International publicity... And it's all deductible! (I assume. Maury?) Peace, wraub I'm a lot more like I am now than I was when I got here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
57pbass Posted June 25, 2004 Author Share Posted June 25, 2004 Lets see... GC has a deal...buy now ... pay in 18 months w/o interest. I wonder if Christies has a similar program that GC used for this auction??? www.danielprine.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davebassman Posted June 28, 2004 Share Posted June 28, 2004 I can't believe EC sold blackie. I remember reading in an interview that he nearly cried because somebody touched it. "don't even look at it"... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
57pbass Posted June 29, 2004 Author Share Posted June 29, 2004 Dave. I asked the guy at Christies why he was selling the 3 guitars.. Blackie / the ES 335 and the Martin he used in Unplugged. He said. Eric can write a check for anything he wants but giving up these guitars was a huge sacrifice. He felt he needed to do this to give back to those who have helped him during the times when he was dealing with the demons... www.danielprine.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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