Mathijs Wrote:
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> The Gibson Les Paul here is the Bigsby equiped Les
> Paul Keith bought in 1964 and used on the TAMI
> show. He toured with it until 1966, and sold it to
> Mick Taylor in 1967 through Ian Stewart. Taylor
> toured Europe and the US with it with John Mayall,
> and took it to the Stones camp when he became a
> Stone. He played it on the 1969 and 1970 tour, but
> I never seen it again after 1970. It's not on any
> picture of the Exile period, so it was probably
> sold or stolen around 1970. It popped up again
> some 10 years ago in the hands of a London
> collector, and last year he decided to sell it.
> Apperently it has sold for $500.000, which isn't
> that much for a Keith Richards/Mick Taylor/Mick
> Jagger owned and played instrument. By the way,
> there's been at least 10 Gibson Les Paul standards
> in the Stones camp, and actually recognising them
> can be really hard.
>
> Mathijs
Do you know when it was sold?
I read an article that it was on auction at christie's and didn't sell.
Mind you, that was December 2004.