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  • David Gilmour's "Black Strat" Just Became the Most Expensive Guitar Ever Sold, at $3.975 Million

    06/23/2019 6:35:53 AM PDT · by Drew68 · 54 replies
    Paste Magazine ^ | 21 Jun 19 | Jim Vorel
    The minds of a lot of Dads, worldwide, must be boggling right about now. Not only is there a new record for the most expensive guitar ever sold at auction, it’s A. An item deeply connected to the legacy of Pink Floyd, and B. contributing almost $4 million to charity in the process. Regardless of your opinion of a media mogul like Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Isray, the guitar’s new owner, that is still one heck of an impressive figure. And David Gilmour’s legendary “Black Strat” wasn’t even the only item that Isray picked up at the Thursday auction from...
  • Alcoholics Anonymous founding document sells for $2.4M

    05/06/2018 11:03:12 PM PDT · by oxcart · 19 replies
    abc3340.com ^ | 05/7/2018 | by ANTHONY McCARTNEY
    The founding document of Alcoholics, Anonymous, known to adherents as the "Big Book," sold at auction Saturday for $2.4 million to billionaire and Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay. The auction house Profiles in History announced the sale of the manuscript with handwritten notes from the group's founding fathers. Irsay told The Associated Press he plans to build a special display for the manuscript and display it for several months a year at Alcoholics Anonymous' headquarters in New York. He says he attempted to buy the manuscript when it was up for auction several years ago, and he is thrilled at...