Overview
- Christie’s confirmed the $14.55 million price for David Gilmour’s 1969 Fender Stratocaster, making it the most expensive guitar ever sold at auction.
- The instrument is documented on Pink Floyd landmarks The Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, Animals and The Wall, including the “Comfortably Numb” solo.
- The final price far exceeded the $2–4 million estimate and more than doubled the previous auction record of $6.01 million for Kurt Cobain’s Martin D-18E set in 2020.
- The buyer has not been publicly identified after the roughly 20–21 minute online bidding war that closed the lot.
- The result headlined Christie’s “The Jim Irsay Collection” auctions in New York, which also saw Jerry Garcia’s “Tiger” fetch $11.56 million and Cobain’s Mustang reach $6.9 million, with portions of proceeds designated for philanthropic causes and additional lots running through March 17.