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It is kind of frustrating. There are all these amazing guitars that are just sitting there. I think I mentioned this here a while back, but I saw a clip of some guitarist, who is considered pretty good, and he has a gigantic collection of vintage tweed fender amps. There are guitarists playing clubs every night who would die for just one of those.Quote
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David gilmour is selling the majority of his guitars for charity, including his famous black strat.
[www.christies.com]
I wonder if Keith could do the same, maybe not Micawber but where is the point of having 4000 guitars that never get played.
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black n blue
Why get rid of it. He could donate cash instead
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firebird
if Keith could do the same
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black n blue
Why get rid of it. He could donate cash instead
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firebird
if Keith could do the same
The amount of money gathered would be enough to cure aids, cancer, malaria, hep C... you name it!
Funny how Gilmour fell in love with a 1969 Strat... that is one from the "inferior" CBS years. So much for purists who swear only by Leo-era instruments. "Gimme a L-series or nothing!!"
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TornAndFried
Is it some kind of psychological incentive for people to bid on them? Or tax assessment?
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I have a question about this auction for anyone. Why do auction houses such as Christies always seem to set unrealistically low auction estimates for items such as these guitars when we all know they are most likely going to sell for much higher? Is it some kind of psychological incentive for people to bid on them? Or tax assessment?
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TornAndFried
I have a question about this auction for anyone. Why do auction houses such as Christies always seem to set unrealistically low auction estimates for items such as these guitars when we all know they are most likely going to sell for much higher? Is it some kind of psychological incentive for people to bid on them? Or tax assessment?
It's a psychological thing. I don't really understand it myself, but it's a known fact that when you are putting something up for auction, even when you know that the final price for the item is going to be very high, you have to set the starting price low or people simply won't start bidding.
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TornAndFried
I have a question about this auction for anyone. Why do auction houses such as Christies always seem to set unrealistically low auction estimates for items such as these guitars when we all know they are most likely going to sell for much higher? Is it some kind of psychological incentive for people to bid on them? Or tax assessment?
It's a psychological thing. I don't really understand it myself, but it's a known fact that when you are putting something up for auction, even when you know that the final price for the item is going to be very high, you have to set the starting price low or people simply won't start bidding.
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TornAndFried
I have a question about this auction for anyone. Why do auction houses such as Christies always seem to set unrealistically low auction estimates for items such as these guitars when we all know they are most likely going to sell for much higher? Is it some kind of psychological incentive for people to bid on them? Or tax assessment?
It's a psychological thing. I don't really understand it myself, but it's a known fact that when you are putting something up for auction, even when you know that the final price for the item is going to be very high, you have to set the starting price low or people simply won't start bidding.
I wasn't talking about the starting price but rather the auction estimate. Naturally there is some correlation between the two but it's weird how they always seem to give a surprisingly low estimate for some of these famous guitars and memorabilia then act surprised when the item sells for many times its in total estimate price.
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Palace Revolution 2000It is kind of frustrating. There are all these amazing guitars that are just sitting there. I think I mentioned this here a while back, but I saw a clip of some guitarist, who is considered pretty good, and he has a gigantic collection of vintage tweed fender amps. There are guitarists playing clubs every night who would die for just one of those.Quote
firebird
David gilmour is selling the majority of his guitars for charity, including his famous black strat.
[www.christies.com]
I wonder if Keith could do the same, maybe not Micawber but where is the point of having 4000 guitars that never get played.
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tatters
I wonder if this means that David is all done with touring and recording. He said recently that he would like to tour again, but that he would only do that if he had a new album to promote. Considering that he is 73 years old, and considering that he only releases an album every 10 years or so, maybe he did the math and decided this would be a good time to pack it in.
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$21.5m for 127 lots including $1.8m for Strat #0001 and $4m for his black Strat.
Gilmour Auction Results
Keith's net worth has probably just increased by about $100m...