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Clapton’s Gear Fetches over $2 Million at Auction

March 11, 2011

Collectors, fans and musicians alike gathered oh Wednesday (March 9) at Bonhams New York to celebrate the rock icon, Eric Clapton, whose personal collection of 75 guitars and 55 amps were auctioned off to benefit The Crossroads Centre in Antigua.

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Anybody Wanna Buy a Top Hat?

February 18, 2011

Former Guns n’ Roses axeman Slash will be auctioning off a number of guitars, personal effect (yes, those hats…), and a classic Corvette on March 26.

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Guitars in the Classroom Online Auction

October 27, 2010

In a collaborative effort to support free music training programs for teachers and children, music products industry leaders are partnering with NAMM grantee Guitars in the Classroom for a two-week online auction.

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Playable Art: Inside the Secret World of MI Auctions

January 9, 2010

Kerry Keane was hunched over his desk one chilly day in March 2004, inventorying a large cache of product. Diligently, methodically, he had gotten through 10 of the 56 pieces, which were to be auctioned off to raise money for the client’s worthy cause.

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