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David Gilmour's Guitar Fetches Record $14.55 Million at Auction

3/14/2026

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The Black Strat, a guitar owned by David Gilmour of Pink Floyd, sold for $14.55 million at Christie's, the highest price for a guitar.
The sale surpassed Kurt Cobain's 2020 Martin D-180E guitar auction record of over $6 million.
The guitar was used on six Pink Floyd albums.
The auction included John Lennon's piano, which sold for over $3.2 million.
Christie's sale totaled $84 million across 44 items.

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The Black Strat, a guitar owned by David Gilmour of Pink Floyd, sold for $14.55 million at Christie's, the highest price for a guitar.
The sale surpassed Kurt Cobain's 2020 Martin D-180E guitar auction record of over $6 million.
The guitar was used on six Pink Floyd albums.
The auction included John Lennon's piano, which sold for over $3.2 million.
Christie's sale totaled $84 million across 44 items.