JIMI HENDRIX Guitar Sold For $188,000 At London Auction
February 16, 2005Scotsman.com is reporting that a guitar played by rock legend Jimi Hendrix sold today for more than £100,000 (approximately $188,000) at auction.
The star lot was part of a collection of memorabilia associated with the musician that included photos, programmes and musical equipment.
The huge number of items made up the world's biggest Hendrix collection ever to appear at auction.
The 1965 white Fender Stratocaster was bought for £100,000 — excluding buyers premium and VAT — and was used by the musician extensively in concert and the studio.
A copy of the JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE's first single "Hey Joe", signed by all the band members including Noel Redding and Mitch Mitchell, sold for the hammer price of £2,000 (approximately $3,770).
A poem written by Hendrix two weeks after his band's appearance at the Monterey pop festival, where he famously set fire to his guitar, sold for a hammer price of £10,000 (approximately $18,800).
The sale, hosted by auctioneers Cooper Owen at the Hard Rock Cafe in London, featured items collected by one man — devoted fan Bob Terry.
He saw Hendrix perform live in 1967 and became obsessed, collecting the memorabilia over the next 35 years.
Terry ingratiated himself into Hendrix's circle in order to obtain as many items as possible.
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