JIMI HENDRIX Fender Stratocaster Fetches $168,000 At Christie's Auction
December 5, 2006, 17 years ago
JIMI HENDRIX' guitar. PAUL MCCARTNEY's lyrics. A JOHN LENNON interview. Memorabilia from some of the most influential musicians of the 20th century were auctioned Monday (December 4th) at Christie's Rock and Pop Memorabilia auction.
Hendrix's guitar, a 1968 Fender Stratocaster with a sunburst finish that was modified to accommodate his left-handed use, sold for $168,000, well above its pre-sale estimate of $80,000 to $120,000, at Christie's sale of rock and pop memorabilia. It has been kept at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland since the museum's opening in 1996.
McCartney's original handwritten working lyrics for the 1968 Beatles song 'Maxwell's Silver Hammer' went for $192,000. The pre-sale estimate was $200,000 to $300,000.
A previously unheard and undocumented recording of an interview with John Lennon sold for $38,400, in line with its pre-sale estimate. In the wide-ranging interview, used for a 1974 article in Crawdaddy magazine, Lennon talks about his songwriting process and the possibility of a BEATLES reunion.
