The guitar that triggered the break-up of Oasis to go under the hammer in Paris

Gem, Noel Gallagher, Andy Bell and Liam Gallagher, members of the British rock band Oasis hold a photocall in Hong Kong on 25 February 2006. © AFP/Mike Clarke

A guitar, the smashing of which triggered the break-up of Oasis stars Liam and Noel Gallagher, goes under the hammer in Paris next month alongside other rock memorabilia.

Later repaired, the red Gibson's destruction at the French capital's Rock en Seine festival in 2009 was "a cult moment" in music history, said Jonathan Berg, a guitar expert and cofounder of the Artpeges gallery holding the auction.