Captain Bacardi
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For those of you with money to burn. From the Austin-American Statesman:
Rocker Eric Clapton will auction off 56 guitars from his collection on June 24th at Christie's in New York.
"I am selling the cream of my collection. What I am keeping back is just what I need to work with," he said.
The proceeds from the sale will go to the Crossroads Centre in Antigua, which helps people wrestling with chemical dependency.
On June 24, 1999, Christie's sold the first part of Clapton's collection.
"These guitars are in fact the ones I kept back from the first auction because I seriously couldn't consider parting with them at that point," he said.
Among the items up for bids is "Blackie", a circa-1956 composite Fender Stratocaster that Clapton says "has become a part of me."
Estimated at between $100,000 and $150,000, it is one of a kind, as Clapton assembled it himself from the components of three Stratocasters bought in Nashville in 1970.
Also up for sale are guitars from the Who's Pete Townsend, as well as others from Brian May of Queen, J.J. Cale and B.B. King.
Capt. Bacardi
Rocker Eric Clapton will auction off 56 guitars from his collection on June 24th at Christie's in New York.
"I am selling the cream of my collection. What I am keeping back is just what I need to work with," he said.
The proceeds from the sale will go to the Crossroads Centre in Antigua, which helps people wrestling with chemical dependency.
On June 24, 1999, Christie's sold the first part of Clapton's collection.
"These guitars are in fact the ones I kept back from the first auction because I seriously couldn't consider parting with them at that point," he said.
Among the items up for bids is "Blackie", a circa-1956 composite Fender Stratocaster that Clapton says "has become a part of me."
Estimated at between $100,000 and $150,000, it is one of a kind, as Clapton assembled it himself from the components of three Stratocasters bought in Nashville in 1970.
Also up for sale are guitars from the Who's Pete Townsend, as well as others from Brian May of Queen, J.J. Cale and B.B. King.
Capt. Bacardi
