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Eric Clapton’s 1964 ‘The Fool’ Gibson SG sells at auction for a record $1.27 million
Here’s how it works. Eric Clapton’s heavily modded and custom-finished ‘Fool’ Gibson SG has been sold for a cool $1.27 million, making it the most expensive of Slowhand’s guitars to have been sold at ...
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“One of the most influential sounds in rock history”: Eric Clapton’s iconic ‘Fool’ Gibson SG, which was key to his trademark ‘woman tone’, has emerged – and it ...
Eric Clapton 'The Fool' Gibson SG. Eric Clapton’s ‘The Fool’ Gibson SG – one of Slowhand’s most iconic electric guitars – is set to be sold at auction later this year. It is without a ...
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Eric Clapton’s Iconic 1960s Gibson Guitar Sells for $1.27 Million, With More of His Memorabilia Going Up For Sale
A 1964 Gibson SG electric guitar that Clapton first played ... s night’s sale Heritage Auction has announced the Eric Clapton Crossroads 25th Anniversary Signature Auction.
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Eric Clapton's 'The Fool' guitar, an icon of the psychedelic rock era, goes up for auction
"Played by Eric ... featured Clapton, Scottish vocalist and bassist Jack Bruce, and drummer Ginger Baker — "The Fool" is a guitar that was peak psychedelia.It was, to begin, a Gibson SG.
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Eric Clapton’s “The Fool” guitar becomes one of the most expensive ever at auction
Studio still life of a 1963 Gibson SG Les Paul Standard guitar owned by Eric Clapton and painted by The Fool, photographed in the United Kingdom. (Photo by Nigel Osbourne/Redferns) In other Eric ...
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Eric Clapton guitar sells for $1.27 million after being considered one of the world’s most famous instruments
One of Eric Clapton’s guitars sold for $1.27 million ... The guitar is a 1964 Gibson SG electric guitar that was first played on stage by the guitarist while touring in the United States with ...
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Also owned by George Harrison, Eric Clapton's “Fool” SG was already legendary by the time it ended up in Todd Rundgren's hands – but that journey had taken its toll
Eric Clapton has never been ... how he came to own his iconic The Fool SG after he'd used it on some of Cream's biggest hits. Built in 1964, the Gibson received an eye-catching paint job courtesy ...
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Gibson unveils the Clapton 1958 Les Paul Custom – a recreation of the Disraeli Gears LP that now belongs to Albert Lee
Gibson has continued its fine form of recreating legendary artists’ electric guitars by unveiling the Eric Clapton 1958 Les ...
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Eric Clapton’s psychedelic ‘Fool’ guitar sells for more than £1m at auction
A guitar played by British music star Eric Clapton while in rock band Cream has topped a rock ‘n’ roll auction. The 1964 Gibson SG electric guitar sold for $1,270,000 (£1,023,000) to The Jim ...
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The acoustic Eric Clapton used to write Tears in Heaven just sold for over $100,000
Eric Clapton's guitars are known to fetch eye-watering prices at auction. Just last year, his iconic ‘Fool’ Gibson SG sold for more than $1.27 million, making it one of the most expensive ...
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Eric Clapton's Cream Fool SG and Kurt Cobain's In Utero tour Skystang I guitar are heading to auction, expected to fetch millions
The circa 1964 Gibson SG electric guitar was played by Clapton between 1967 and 1968 with Cream and features psychedelic artwork by Dutch collection The Fool, which it takes its name. Between the ...