For Sale: 1 Left-handed Strat, $168,000

by nukegingrich | December 4, 2006 at 07:57 pm
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For Sale: 1 Left-handed Strat, $168,000

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[q]A Stratocaster is not just any old guitar. And this isn'€™t just any old Strat. A 1968 modified for a left-hander named Jimi Hendrix.

 

NEW YORK (AP) - Paul McCartney'€™s lyrics. Jimi Hendrix'€™s guitar. A John Lennon interview. Memorabilia from some of the most influential musicians of the 20th century hit the auction block Monday.

 

McCartney'€™s original handwritten working lyrics for the 1968 Beatles song €œMaxwell'€™s Silver Hammer€ went for $192,000 at Christie'€™s sale of rock and pop memorabilia. The pre-sale estimate had been $200,000 to $300,000.

Hendrix'€™s guitar, a 1968 Fender Stratocaster with a sunburst finish that was modified to accommodate his left-handed use, sold for a staggering $168,000, well above its pre-sale estimate of $80,000 to $120,000.

The guitar has been kept at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland since the museum'€™s opening in 1996.[/q]

 

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