David Gilmore auctioning off over a hundred of his iconic guitars.....

northGAcock

....for charity. Great read in this Rolling Stone article. 

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/pink-floyd-david-gilmour-interview-guitar-charity-auction-779721/

DoubleEgger

Very cool. I’d be interested to see what the sell price is on some of them.  I suspect they’ll fetch $10-20m 

SonVolt

I just heard Greenday is doing the same, though not sure if it's for charity or financial gain. 

blind99

how many are you getting?  

i love his attitude - they're instruments, i've got others that sound good, let someone else enjoy them

northGAcock

blind99 said:

how many are you getting?  

i love his attitude - they're instruments, i've got others that sound good, let someone else enjoy them

I'm afraid it would significantly impact my retirement strategy.....which already has me working till I am 96. 

Ozzie_Isaac

DoubleEgger said:

Very cool. I’d be interested to see what the sell price is on some of them.  I suspect they’ll fetch $10-20m 

I suspect you are right somewhere between $10 and $20 million is a safe bet.  There is a few I would easily drop a few hundo on and I do not collect guitars.

Botch

DoubleEgger said:

I’d be interested to see what the sell price is on some of them.  I suspect they’ll fetch $10-20m 

I'd have my doubts about that much.  DG played standard-issue guitars, the magic came through his mastery of tone-sculpting (the electronics) and more importantly, the magic coming through his fingers.  

Ozzie_Isaac

Botch said:

DoubleEgger said:

I’d be interested to see what the sell price is on some of them.  I suspect they’ll fetch $10-20m 

I'd have my doubts about that much.  DG played standard-issue guitars, the magic came through his mastery of tone-sculpting (the electronics) and more importantly, the magic coming through his fingers.  

His high end is to high, but I think his low end is safe, they will go for more than ten dollars.

blind99

northGAcock said:

blind99 said:

how many are you getting?  

i love his attitude - they're instruments, i've got others that sound good, let someone else enjoy them

I'm afraid it would significantly impact my retirement strategy.....which already has me working till I am 96. 

nah!  once you get that guitar, you'll be a Rock God and people will throw money at you for performing at big events, like Butt Blast.  And I hear that kind of stuff are real appreciating assets, be worth a fortune 10 years from now...

Botch

blind99 said:
And I hear that kind of stuff are real appreciating assets, be worth a fortune 10 years from now...

And, said the pimply-faced kid with Beatz earbuds at the local McDonald's, "David who?"  

DoubleEgger

Botch said:

DoubleEgger said:

I’d be interested to see what the sell price is on some of them.  I suspect they’ll fetch $10-20m 

I'd have my doubts about that much.  DG played standard-issue guitars, the magic came through his mastery of tone-sculpting (the electronics) and more importantly, the magic coming through his fingers.  

There’s so many extremely rich young tech guys that probably smoked dope in college listening to Floyd. A lot of rich Brits as well. I could see Branson buying one for $1m+ since it’s charity. I suspect several others will go for $750k+++.