Clapton put a pair of Marshall 4x12 speaker cabinets up for auction a few years back from his stint with Derek & The Dominos. The cabs were a little beat, I’m guessing they got some use before and after the Derek period. However, you could still make out ‘Derek & The Dominos’ stenciled on the back.
The auction house estimated a final price of $6000 for the pair. I was trying to figure out how to bid, but then noticed they had sold for $18,000 for the pair. Too much for me, but for a well off collector, still seemed like a deal.
If I had been able to get them for $6000, I would have put them in the family room and pointed out them out to everyone that came by. The fact they were worn would have added to the appeal, a real pair of road dogs that had been onstage with Clapton back in the day.
That's really not much more than you'd pay for vintage Marshall cabinets that were owned by a nobody. No surprise they sold for much higher.