Gilmour’s Black Strat Breaks Auction Records with $14.55 Million Sale
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David Gilmour’s Black Strat sold for $14.55 million at Christie’s in New York, as part of the Jim Irsay Collection, becoming the most expensive guitar ever sold and eclipsing Kurt Cobain’s Nirvana guitar sale. The instrument is tied to iconic Pink Floyd tracks (Money, Shine On You Crazy Diamond) and the Comfortably Numb solo, with Irsay having purchased it in 2019 for about $5.25 million.
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