“The response from the collecting community was incredible”: Sell-out Skip Maggiora auction raises more than $2.4 million for music and youth charities, with an O.G. ’54 Strat selling for $300,000

Arthur "Skip" Maggiora Auction.

A massive consignment of vintage and rare acoustic and electric guitars from the collection of the late Californian entrepreneur Arthur “Skip” Maggiora has gone under the hammer, selling out, and raising a massive $2,425,044 for charity.

Maggiora was the man behind Skip’s Music, the beloved Sacramento gear store. After his death in 2023, his son, Creed, set out to honour is father’s wishes, organising the auctioning of his guitar collection via Heritage Auctions on 17 December to support various music and youth charities.