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"Check your attic": Lost Lennon Help! guitar tipped to beat the current $2.4m Beatles six-string record at auction

Could it eclipse the $6m bill for Cobain's MTV unplugged acoustic?

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“My ’57 Gretsch was stolen in 1978. Getting that guitar back and playing it so much got me thinking about the other guitars in my possession”: Over 200 of Randy Bachman's iconic guitars are up for auction

Over 200 of Randy Bachman's iconic guitars are up for auction

Guitar World

"Out of all of the guitars in the whole world, the Fender Mustang is my favourite": The story of Kurt Cobain's Mustangs in Nirvana

From the record-breaking Competition Stripe to the In Utero Sky-Stangs and new Orang-Stang revelations

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Princess Diana's Designer Was 'Emotional' Over $1M Sale Of Royal's Dress

Jacques Azagury thinks the late princess would be happy to know that her dresses have been well-preserved and loved.

International Business Times UK

Dress Worn By Princess Diana Breaks Record and Sells for $1.1M at Auction—11 Times Its Estimated Price

The look is a tangible timestamp of mid-1980s fashion, shoulder pads and all.

Marie Claire

Princess Diana dress fetches record-breaking price tag at auction

The ballerina-length dress designed by Jacques Azagury went for eleven times its estimate

Evening Standard

“Billy drops the line, ‘I'm sending you some sheepskins. I want you to put them on some guitars’”: Dusty Hill’s iconic fur-covered spinning bass from ZZ Top’s Legs video just sold at auction – and absolutely smashed its estimated sale price

The Dean Zelinsky-made model went under the hammer alongside Hill's custom Hot Rod car bass – but both were outsold by the late ZZ Top bassist's vintage 1953 Fender Precision model

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Princess Diana engagement blouse expected to sell for 100k at auction

Diana wore the blouse in the iconic engagement portrait photographed by Lord Snowden

The Independent UK

Diana’s 1981 engagement portrait blouse could sell for £79,000 at auction

An evening dress worn by Diana is also being sold.

The Independent UK

Original E.T. Animatronic Head To Fetch Up To £1 Million At Hollywood Legends Auction

Julien's Auctions collaborates with TCM to offer over 1,000 pop culture artifacts, including iconic movie props and costumes.

Zenger

Kurt Cobain's 'Skystang I' Fender Mustang guitar fails to eclipse his record-breaking Competition Stripe model at auction

But it still fetched over $1.5million

MusicRadar

The 17 most expensive guitars of all time

Fenders owned by Eric Clapton and Bob Dylan, Martins belonging to Kurt Cobain and David Gilmour, and one independently made axe headline the list of most profitable guitars sold at auction

Guitar World

Kurt Cobain guitars now account for 3 of the top 10 most expensive guitars sold at auction as the ‘Sky Stang I’ Fender Mustang used in Nirvana’s final performance sells for $1.5 million

The value of Kurt Cobain-associated guitar sales on the list now more than doubles that of his nearest competitor, David Gilmour

Guitar World

Eric Clapton’s 1964 ‘The Fool’ Gibson SG sells at auction for a record $1.27 million

The Fool and your money is easily parted as the iconic double-cut is now the most expensive of Clapton's guitars ever to be sold at auction, and is now owned by The Jim Irsay Collection

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“The most expensive Clapton guitar ever sold at auction”: Eric Clapton’s iconic ‘Fool’ Gibson SG just sold for more than $1,000,000 – and it was bought by a world-renowned guitar collector

The record-breaking auction sees the uniquely finished double-cut – which Slowhand used to develop his trademark “woman tone” – comfortably join the list of the most expensive guitars sold at auction

The Independent UK

Eric Clapton’s psychedelic ‘Fool’ guitar sells for more than £1m at auction

The 1964 Gibson SG electric guitar sold for 1,270,000 dollars.

Guitar World

“When they shot smoke, the crowd went wild!”: Dusty Hill’s Hot Rod car bass, custom built by Wayne Charvel for ZZ Top’s Eliminator tour, hides a few secrets beneath the hood – now it’s up for auction

Check out the automobile-inspired build that powered some of the band’s most iconic appearances in the early-’80s

The Independent UK

Front door of home where Manson family murdered Sharon Tate sells for $127k

The door where Manson cult member Susan Atkins wrote ‘Pig’ in Sharon Tate’s blood has sold for $127k

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The Independent UK

Diana gowns sell for more than £1m at US auction

The Legends: Hollywood And Royalty auction, featuring more than 1,400 items, ended on Friday evening.

Space

This 'Star Wars' auction could put Han Solo's blaster or Chewbacca's bowcaster in your hands

September's "Legends: Hollywood & Royalty" auction features many priceless "Star Wars" and "Star Trek" props.

The Independent UK

Princess Diana’s iconic red gown from 1991 movie premiere is going up for auction

The late royal wore gown to the premiere of ‘Hot Shots!’

Metal Hammer

A battered guitar which Nirvana's Kurt Cobain gifted to his friend Mark Lanegan sells at auction for almost $600,000

Having parted with $596,900, an anonymous bidder is now the proud owner of a guitar once owned by Kurt Cobain

WEKU

Kurt Cobain's broken guitar sells for nearly $600,000

The Nirvana frontman was known for smashing guitars during performances and in the studio. This one includes messages to his old friend, Mark Lanegan of the Screaming Trees.

Guitar World

Is this the most expensive smashed guitar ever sold? Kurt Cobain’s stage-smashed Fender Stratocaster sells at auction for $600,000 – 10 times its initial estimate

The instrument, signed by all three members of Nirvana, er, smashed expectations in the recent sale

Guitar World

A Kurt Cobain stage-smashed Fender Stratocaster is going up for auction

Signed by all three members of Nirvana, the Strat also features a note from Cobain addressed to the Screaming Trees' Mark Lanegan

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