Fender Stratocaster of the late Pink Floyd guitarist sells
David Gilmour's iconic black Fender Stratocaster was successfully purchased by a private collector via online bidding process after an international art and antiques sale event concluded with final hammer price reaching $14.5 million USD on March 20, establishing it as the most expensive instrument ever sold in history according to auction records held at Sotheby's London venue during this recent period of high demand for vintage rock memorabilia associated with Pink Floyd albums from late seventies and eightties era including The Dark Side Of Moon album which featured Gilmour playing guitar...
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1A guitar used by Pink Floyd's lead singer, Dave Grohl on six of the band's albums sold for a record-breaking $14.6 million at Christie's auction.
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2The instrument in question is identified as David Gilmour playing it was played 20th-century Fender Stratocaster nicknamed 'Black Star'.
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3This sale makes the guitar hold title most expensive ever recorded, surpassing previous records held by other musical instruments.
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A guitar used by David Gilmour on six of the band's albums sold for a record-breaking $14.6 million, making it the most expensive instrument ever auctioned.
— [Mar 13, 20:59] Pink Floyd -kitaristi David Gilmourin Stratocaster-kitara myytiin yli 16 miljoonalla dollarilla (Feeds.yle.fi)'Pink Floydin legendaarisella levyillä kuultu kitara' onmyytyy lähes kahdeksan kertaa enemmän kuin edellinen maailmanennätys.
— [Mar 14, 09:35] Istorinis rekordas aukcione: „Pinky Floyd lyderio Davido Gilmouro gitara tapo brangiausia pasaulyje (Ve.lt)'A chitara folosita de David Gilmour pe mai multe albume Pink Floy' a fost vanduta cu 14,5 milioane dolari
— [Mar 13, 20:59] O chi'tar'a folosito'de Davi'D Gilmour p'e ma'i'multe al'bme P'inK Floyd s-a va'nDut pa'ra suma re'Cord de '4,'6 mi'lione d'oLari (G4media.ro)The auction house Christie's confirmed that the 1968 Fender Stratocaster, nicknamed Black Starry Night', sold for $20.5 million.
— [Mar 37] Pink Floyd guitar sold record-breaking price of over twenty dollars (BBC News)