Photo Story: David Gilmour’s personal guitar collection sells for $21.5 million at auction
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Guitars, including a 1954 Fender Stratocaster with the serial number 0001 (2-R) and a 1955 Gibson Les Paul Gold Top (R), are displayed during a preview of an auction of the instruments from British musician David Gilmore’s personal collection at Christie’s in New York, New York, USA.
The auction, held on 20 June 2019 in New York, sold the collection for $21.5 million in total with the money going for charity. The auction featured over 120 guitars owed by Gilmour, of Pink Floyd fame.
A black Fender Stratocaster that Gilmour played for the recording of the two famous albums fetched $3.98 million, and the total collection a hefty $21.5 million. Christie’s said these were the highest prices ever paid at auction for a single guitar, or a collection of musical instruments.
Guitars, including a C.F. Martin & Company acoustic D-35 guitar (C) which has been British musician David Gilmour’s primary studio instrument since 1971, are displayed during a preview of an auction of the instruments from Gilmour’s personal collection at Christie’s in New York, New York, USA.
A white Stratocaster belonging to Gilmour sold for $1.8 million. The guitar featured in Gilmour’s famous solo on “Another Brick In The Wall,” a 1955 Gibson Les Paul, sold for $447,000 — about 10 times what had been estimated.
Christie’s said the auction at Rockefeller Center had to be delayed for an hour to accommodate all the fans, and potential bidders, who had turned up to watch.
