1. 1949 Fender Broadcaster prototype
Price $375,000
Price $375,000
Leo Fender's first solid body prototype became the template for one of the most popular guitars ever built (later dubbed the Fender Telecaster - sound familiar?). Although Les Paul was quicker off the mark in making the first solid body guitar, this particular model was key to the fortunes of the worlds most successful electric guitar companies, and as such is of great historical importance. Sold to a private collector in 1994, for $375,000, the highest price ever paid for a guitar at the time
2. Eric Clapton's Gold Leaf Stratocaster
Price $455,55
Price $455,55
Ordered by Eric Clapton in 1996, around the time of Fender's 50th anniversary. Clapton reportedly wanted something that could hang in a museum like the Louvre, and Fender delivered with a Custom Strat, plated with 23k gold. It later went into production, becoming the company's first signature guitar. The original was sold at auction by Christie's for an impressive $455,000 in 1997.
3. "Lenny" - Stevie Ray Vaughan's 1965 Fender Composite Stratocaster
Price $623,500
Price $623,500
The great blues guitarist received Lenny from his wife in 1980 as a 26th birthday present, and named it after her. It was one of his favourite guitars, and he used it extensively until his untimely death in 1990. The SRV stickers on the body of this guitar were a trademark of the majority of Stevie Ray Vaughan's guitars, a habit he picked up from brother Jimmie who started this trend before him. In 2004 this became the first and only one of his guitars that has ever been released for sale by his estate, to raise money for charity.
It raised $623,500 at auction to benefit the Crossroads Centre in Antigua.
4. Eric Clapton's C.F. Martin & Co., circa 1939
Price $791,500
Another one of Clapton's guitars makes the top ten. The reason for this is that he is one of the few renowned guitarists who does actually sell their guitars - usually to raise money for the Crossroads Rehabilitation Centre. There are definitely guitars out there (belonging to Jimmy Page, Van Halen and so on) that could fetch more if they were sold, but they haven't been put up for sale as yet. This guitar was used by Clapton primarily during 1964, but only rarely after that. It fetched the highest price ever paid for a Gibson when auctioned.
It raised $623,500 at auction to benefit the Crossroads Centre in Antigua.
4. Eric Clapton's C.F. Martin & Co., circa 1939
Price $791,500
Another one of Clapton's guitars makes the top ten. The reason for this is that he is one of the few renowned guitarists who does actually sell their guitars - usually to raise money for the Crossroads Rehabilitation Centre. There are definitely guitars out there (belonging to Jimmy Page, Van Halen and so on) that could fetch more if they were sold, but they haven't been put up for sale as yet. This guitar was used by Clapton primarily during 1964, but only rarely after that. It fetched the highest price ever paid for a Gibson when auctioned.
5. Eric Clapton's 1964 Gibson ES0335 TDC
Price $847,500
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