A pink acoustic signed by Taylor Swift and Miley Cyrus has sold for $104,000 at auction
Back in 2009, a teenaged Taylor Swift and Miley Cyrus signed a pink guitar for charity – and this month it sold for $104,000 at auction.
The Daisy Rock 6270 guitar was signed by the popstars on 7th February 2009, a day before they performed together at the 51st Grammy Awards. 22 bidders tried their luck for the guitar, despite Swift not even performing it onstage at the Grammys.
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On the night, Swift played on a Taylor K65ce Koa 12-String for a performance of Fifteen, taken off of 2008’s Fearless, with Cyrus in tow.
Regardless of the fact the pink acoustic was never played by Swift, it still raked in more than Julien’s Auctions estimated sale price of $96,000. Fans were keen to snap up this piece of music history.
Credit: Julien’s Auctions
The pink guitar bears the pair’s signatures in black marker, with Cyrus adding a “god bless!” for good measure.
Both artists are well known for their impact on the pop industry, embracing country and rock tones throughout their tracks, and 2009 marked a crucial moment in the artists’ careers.
Swift was 19 at the time, and Fearless would see her earning her very first Grammy for Album of the Year at the 52nd Grammy Awards the following year. In terms of Miley Cyrus, she was just 17 and reaping the success of 2008’s Breakout, offering hits such as 7 Things.
While Cyrus had been a Disney star since a young age, the photo of the pair posing with the pink acoustic was captured before their careers truly sky-rocketed. Little did they know what lay ahead for them – Swift in particular broke touring revenue records with her Eras Tour, earning more than $2 billion across a 149-date tour.
The guitar comes in at Julien’s Auctions second most expensive sale in their current Music Icons collection. Steven Tyler’s Dream On grand piano has proven to be the biggest earner of the bunch so far, selling for a total of $130,000.
The collection has also seen a number of Eddie Van Halen pieces up for grabs, such as a Charvel Art Series electric played onstage by the Van Halen riffer going for $78,000. His Fender custom Frankenstein Stratocaster also sold for $45,500.
For more details, head to Julien’s Auctions.
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