David Gilmour's Guitars Fetch $21.5 Million in Record Auction
- Pink Floyd guitarist’s collection sold at Christie’s event
- NFL’s Colts owner buys iconic ‘Dark Side of the Moon’ strat
David Gilmour of Pink Floyd performs in Copenhagen on Sept. 23. 1971.
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Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour auctioned off his guitar collection for $21.5 million Thursday in a record-setting event at Christie’s. Among the axes sold: an iconic Fender used on “The Dark Side of the Moon.”
The “Black Strat,” a 1969 Fender Stratocaster that Gilmour subsequently modified, was sold for $3,975,000 to Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay. The sum was the most ever paid for a guitar at auction, according to Christie’s.