The guitar that appeared on the cover of Jeff Beck's classic Blow By Blow album cover has sold for over a million pounds at auction. The guitar, a 1954 Oxblood Les Paul, was estimated to sell for £350,000 – £500,000, but the hammer eventually fell with the price at £ 1,068,500 ($1,315,109).
The sale was the highlight of a 128-lot auction that lasted almost seven hours, raised more than £8 million, and set three world records. In addition to the price obtained for the Les Paul, a 1983 Jackson guitar signed by Tina Turner sold for £441,000, and the pedal board used on Beck's final tour in 2022 fetched £126,000. The money raised by the last four lots sold at the auction will be donated to Folly Wildlife Rescue, whose patrons include Beck's widow Sandra and Johnny Depp.
