guitar auction

The auction house Guernsey's auction is announcing an impressive guitar: about three hundred instruments from jewelry eighteenth century to the guitars of artists like George Benson, Eric Clapton, Elvis Presley and Eddie Van Halen; among others, will be made available to collectors and hobbyists.

The auction will take place on February 27, although in the previous two days there will be an exhibition of instruments, in New York.

The offer includes several Gibson, a 1952 Tony Mottola, who accompanied people like Frank Sinatra, Perry Como, Johnny Mathis and Rosemary Clooney. Also the guitar that was in the movie "In Cold Blood," 1967, where Robert Blake wore his histrionic skills as Perry Edward Smith; but it will also be for sale real guitar Smith.

The instrument of Eddie Van Halen, a yellow and black Charvel, could raise between $ 60,000 and $ 80,000.

Another Gibson, 1959, Franny Beecher, guitarist Bill Haley and His Comets is also among the catalog.

But not only guitars, also the strap that Jimi used Hindrix in Woodstock, mandolins made by Joseph Bohmann and even more than 40 guitars of the late jazz arranger Robert Yelin be offered.