Renowned Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour has rocked news headlines with his record-breaking charity guitar auction. David Gilmour’s legendary ‘Black Strat’ breaks world record for any guitar sold at auction as his entire collection sells for $21.5million Among the axes sold: an … The instruments raised a total of $21,490,750 for Gilmour's charitable foundation and set several records for sales of guitars.. Thursday's highly anticipated auction of David Gilmour's guitar collection rocked the guitar world from the get-go — and it just kept on going from there. By Brad Tolinski 08 May 2019. Pink Floyd legend David Gilmour’s incredible guitar collection is heading to auction at Christie’s in New York on June 20. The sale has been billed as “the largest and most comprehensive sale of guitars ever offered at auction”, with more than 120 instruments spanning Gilmour… He's donating all the proceeds from the sale to ClientEarth, a charity that funds legal battles fighting climate change. David Gilmour had wanted a Gretsch White Penguin for some time, and this guitar was purchased for Gilmour's collection in July 1980 and kept for home and studio use. David Gilmour's guitars, including the iconic Black Strat, sold for millions at a charity auction in New York.
Other highlights include the all-gold 1955 Les Paul used for the solo on Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2) Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour auctioned off his guitar collection for $21.5 million Thursday in a record-setting event at Christie’s. PINK Floyd star David Gilmour’s guitar collection has fetched a record £17million at auction.. More than 120 instruments from his career went on sale, with fans queuing round the block in New York. David Gilmour is a guitarist and vocalist with British rock band Pink Floyd, and was voted No. Legendary Pink Floyd guitarist and vocalist David Gilmour has sold a vast amount of his guitar collection at an auction, pulling in a record-breaking $21m (£16.5m). Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour raised more than $21 million for a climate-change charity by auctioning 126 guitars from his collection, including his … June 15 (UPI) — Christie’s in New York plans to auction more than 120 guitars in the personal collection of Pink Floyd great David Gilmour later this month. Carried out by Christie’s Auction House in New York, Gilmour sold off 123 of his precious and famed guitars, achieving the record for largest guitar collection sold at a charity auction and obtaining bids from 2,000 bidders from 66 countries. Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay set a world-record with his purchase of the "Black Strat." He counts his lack of attention to most of the more than 120 guitars he's selling as a motivating factor in moving forward with the June 20 charity auction with Christie's.. An auction of 126 guitars belonging to Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour has raised $21m for Climate Change.
Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour is holding onto hope that the instruments from his massive guitar selloff later this month will go to fellow guitar players, not collectors.. The Rock and Roll Hall of …
In a press release about the planned auction, Gilmour, 73, who joined Pink Floyd in 1967, spoke about the significance of the instruments on offer. NEW YORK — An auction of David Gilmour’s guitars has raised a lot of “Money” — to combat climate change. 1 in Fender's Greatest Players poll in the February 2006 Guitarist magazine in the UK. Gilmour said he was "blown away" by the results of the auction. Five Notable Highlights from David Gilmour's Christie's Guitar Auction. Careful with that axe, 'cause if you buy one of these, it's gonna cost you a bundle! In all, the sale — dubbed "The David Gilmour Guitar Collection" — brought in a total of $21,490,750, with all proceeds benefiting Client Earth. Sure to be the most lucrative guitar auction in history, the David Gilmour collection comprises guitars that the Pink Floyd star has used throughout his career, including his famous black 1969 Stratocaster aka ‘The Black Strat’. Pink Floyd's David Gilmour auctioned his guitars for $21 million Thursday. David Gilmour’s 1969 black Fender Stratocaster, affectionately known as ‘The Black Strat’, has become the most expensive guitar ever sold at auction. An auction of 127 instruments from Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour's personal collection sold yesterday at auction, raising millions for charity.. Gilmour auctioned the guitars, which included his preferred Fender models of Broadcasters, Esquires, Telecasters and Stratocasters, through Christie’s in New York on 20 June, promising all proceeds to the charity. Christie’s auction house says … David Gilmour's Martin D-35 acoustic guitar has broken records at a Christie's auction, selling for over $1 million on June 20th. The Black Strat has been David Gilmour’s main guitar for much of his career, and the one he is most identified with. Pink Floyd fans will soon have the opportunity to own a prized piece of the band’s history. A guitar owned by the former Pink Floyd musician David Gilmour has sold for a record breaking £3.13m to an American football billionaire who owns some of …