David Gilmour's Black Strat sells for $3.975M

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David Gilmour's Black Strat sells for $3.975M

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Heard this today from a colleague. Holy smokes.

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Wow. Haven’t read the article yet but didn’t it start at quite a crazy low US$100k?

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Dave Gilmour, what a GC.
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Yeah my autobid was only up to $2.5m, so I lost out on that one.
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I'm looking forward to it arriving!
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I didn't bid because I'd have to spend another 3 to 4 hundred bucks getting it repainted Lake Placid Blue - stuff that.
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lol Fastway have delivered it to the wrong address

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I knew those estimates would be low but those figures are huge !
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Yeah, great though Gilmour's stature may be that's 3.975M someone's probably not going to see again.
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Buyer owns a football team and personal wealth is well into the billions. 3.975 million is probably not a huge deal to him. Ratio wise it's probably like one of us normal chaps splashing out on a nice new pedal.

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At least some folk will see their lives improve as a result.

And as a bonus, DG will have less gear so might be less inclined to make another solo album.

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6.03 million NZ dollars. Even if I won lotto powerball tomorrow night I couldn't afford it :rofl:
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Holy guacamole! How did I not realise he was donating the proceeds to charity? He is, isn't he? I only briefly read a bit of an article just moments ago.

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