Eric Clapton Stratocaster "Blackie" Becomes Most Expensive Guitar Sold at Auction
June 25, 2004
by TOM WATSON

"Eric Clapton's prized Stratocaster, 'Blackie', brought $959,500 in the Christie's Eric Clapton Crossroads Guitar Auction, becoming the most expensive guitar ever to have been sold at auction. Stevie Ray Vaughan's Stratocaster, 'Lenny' received the second highest price ever paid for a Fender Stratocaster at auction, fetching $623,500. A new world record was also set for the sale of a Gibson guitar - Clapton's 1964 red Gibson ES-335 brought $847,500."

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