“I’ve spoken to a lot of people about it – many of them think it will make more this time around”: David Gilmour’s Black Strat could be about to break records all over again

David Gilmour's Black Strat photographed before it heads to auction via Christie's.

This is not the first time that Christie’s has played host to David Gilmour’s feted ‘Black Strat’ – the guitar he used on The Dark Side Of The Moon, Wish You Were Here, countless epochal live shows, and on Comfortably Numb.

Indeed, the first time many people heard of Jim Irsay was when he bought the Black Strat at auction at Christie’s on 20 June 2019 for $3,975,000, setting a new record for a guitar.