New auction includes guitars from Eddie Van Halen, Eric Clapton & more
Guitars belonging to Eddie Van Halen, George Harrison, Eric Clapton and more will be part of Julien’s Auctions’ upcoming “Played, Worn & Torn II” auction, happening Nov. 20-21 live in Nashville, as well as online.
The auction house previously revealed that Van Halen’s 1993 Ernie Ball Music Signature Canada Day guitar and Harrison’s early Beatles era Futurama guitar would be part of the auction, but now the other instruments up for grabs have been revealed.
Other guitars on the auction block include: a signed Torino Red Fender Stratocaster electric guitar played by Clapton during his 1989-1991 Journeyman tour; a 1997 Gibson Custom Shop Ron Wood VSJ-200 acoustic guitar, signed by The Rolling Stone guitarist with lyrics from the Faces song “Ooh La La”; and Prince’s 1985 Sadowsky Telecaster, played on his 1986 Parade tour. There are also signed guitars from Alice Cooper, John Mellencamp, Peter Frampton and Keith Richards.
Also being auctioned off is a tinsel-adorned Christmas-themed hat worn by Freddie Mercury during Queen’s December 1979 charity concert at London’s Odeon Hammersmith, and the mic The Who‘s Roger Daltrey used during The Who Hits Back 2022 North American tour.
Over 1,000 items will be part of the auction, with proceeds going to several different charities, including City of Hope, Sweet Relief Music Fund, Teenage Cancer Trust and Rock for a Cause.
The “Played, Worn & Torn II” auction will take place at the Musicians Hall of Fame & Museum in Nashville, where items in the auction will be on display to the public through Nov. 21.
A complete list of auction items can be found at juliensauctions.com.
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