https://www.bonhams.com/press_release/30753/

you've got a month to scrape up 60K.

She looks exactly like her father.

He's a legend because of his rock & roll suicide at such an early age, on the verge of breaking into the mainstream.

The graphic from Unknown Pleasures has become so ubiquitous you can't get away from it.

Closer just celebrated its 40th anniversary, dredging up the suicide mythology all over again.

At some point you just want to get away from your past.

I'm sure she has other mementos (like his writing) that mean more to her on a personal level. Best to sell this now while there are still first generation fans who have the money for it.

I'm not convinced.
Flogging your dead Pop's guitar to buy a house? Punk!

They should put it on Twitch. Tee hee.

I did think it’d push over £100k. Was estimated to go for £60k to £80k.

To be honest, I think that it’s a combination of who owned it (Ian, Bernard and Johnny Marr) but also because a white Vox Phantom is just so synonymous with Ian.
They’re very rare and, if you see one, it instantly makes you think of JD.

What I’m saying is, if Ian played a black and white Strat, it probably wouldn’t have gone for anywhere near that value.

Agreed. You'd have to have a shed-load of money to be able to 'lose' £160k without worrying too much.

But it's priorities, ain't it? You and I would want to pay the mortgage, or put it towards a better house, or financial security for our families.

The guy buying this probably doesn't have to think about mortgages or crap like that. And as regards financial security, I'd think something like this would probably keep its resale value, so that's probably not an issue.
So he probably feels 'what else am I gonna spent the cash on?'. It probably will give them the same sort of joy as owning yet another Aston Martin.


Yeah - it's a different world than the average Joe, but I'm still hoping it gives great pleasure to the buyer. I'm guessing he or or she is a big fan, so I'm sending goodwill to the guy (even if I'm jealous as Hell. )


And, yeah, Natalie - I hope she's very happy too.
I also hope she never regrets selling it. I'm guessing she's been mulling this over for a long time, though, and I'm sure she's OK with decision.
Again, priorities. If she'd rather be living in better circumstances, and can do without that guitar case under the bed gathering dust, it makes sense for her to part with it.

Does it even work? Is this not the guitar you could only play 2 chords on? Dm and Dmaj?

There was one further auction at Bonham's today which may be of interest to this community https://www.bonhams.com/...mp;length=12&page=15 - all proceeds donated to the NHS Covid-19 appeal.

Nope, that's not how auctions work, it's an additional cost to the hammer price.

He isn't gonna play it. It's the smug satisfaction he's into.

Well I did correct myself later in the post.




But, yeah, my money's on a guy, rather than a gal.

I have my suspicions as to someone who would probably have bid on it. Whether he won it is another matter.

I'm with you on this one PO, just to make up for being grumpy with you recently
(Also women only spend this much money on clothes ::ducks for cover:: )

Was it that Sultan guy that bought it?