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Joined: April 2019 Posts: 23
Location: Park CIty, UT | (New member here, just bought my first Ovation thanks to research in the annals and documentaries you've made here!)
Anyway, the first really good 12-string song I learned on my dad's old Seagull was Wish You Were Here, my husband and I are long time Pink Floyd fans.
So when this auction showed up, we were intrigued. 127 of his guitars, ranging in estimated value from $300 to $150,000. All proceeds to charity, and several Ovations are in the list. Article below: https://www.christies.com/features/David-Gilmour-legendary-Black-Strat-comes-to-auction-9637-3.aspx Browse the lots: https://www.christies.com/salelanding/index.aspx?intsaleid=28021&lid=1&sid=2616114e-dc80-4abe-aa71-13d8e4805115&action=sort&sortby=ehigh&saletitle=#lot_6198094 |
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Joined: December 2003 Posts: 846
Location: Canada | Ok, I just got lost for an hour or so browsing the catalog and reading up on some of the instruments. There sure is some heavy stuff. I assume he has retired. Notably he used a Legend as acoustic on Animals and The Wall. |
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Joined: October 2005 Posts: 4025
Location: Utah | Yentna, welcome aboard the forums. I'm on the other side of the Wasatch from you. |
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Joined: April 2019 Posts: 23
Location: Park CIty, UT | d'ovation - 2019-04-12 9:33 AM
Ok, I just got lost for an hour or so browsing the catalog and reading up on some of the instruments. There sure is some heavy stuff. I assume he has retired. Notably he used a Legend as acoustic on Animals and The Wall.
Same here - we both spent WAAAAAAAAY too much time reading (skimming when we see it was played by someone else only, but really, opened) EVERY lot description, good times. |
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Joined: April 2019 Posts: 23
Location: Park CIty, UT | FlySig - 2019-04-12 9:53 AM
Yentna, welcome aboard the forums. I'm on the other side of the Wasatch from you.
Thanks FlySig, good to know! Let me know of any local gatherings that come up! |
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Joined: June 2012 Posts: 2303
Location: Lake Forest, CA | I wonder what makes the 1976 1619-4 (079930) so special that they estimate it'll go for $3,000 - $5,000?
There's another 1976 1619-4 (077453) that's estimated to fetch $1,000 - $1,500.
Granted the first one is fitted with a Sony ECM66 Electret Microphone, but those only go for ~$350 on Amazon.
Edited by DanSavage 2019-04-12 2:26 PM
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Joined: July 2004 Posts: 192
| Perhaps it has to do with the legacy of 079930. When reading the Lot Essay for this instrument it appears it was key on Comfortably Numb as well as Hey You by Gilmour himself and then the seconds. |
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Joined: December 2003 Posts: 846
Location: Canada | The 1976 Ovation Custom Legend he used to demo “Comfortably Numb” on went for $399,000. Now there's some good O appreciation!
Edited by d'ovation 2019-06-21 5:48 PM
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Joined: December 2001 Posts: 10581
Location: NJ | celebrity owned instruments are always a wild card
never know where the hammer is going to come down
sometimes they go way cheaper than you think they will |
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