Noel Gallagher’s What’s The Story Epiphone acoustic headed to the auction block – could it become the latest high-profile guitar to smash its estimate?
An Epiphone EJ-200 acoustic guitar owned by Noel Gallagher – and used by the Oasis legend on the band’s landmark 1995 sophomore album (What’s the Story) Morning Glory? – is headed to the auction block.
The auction will take place as part of Sotheby’s April rock and pop sale, and will also feature a handwritten lyric sheet for the Oasis megahit Don’t Look Back in Anger, plus a Noel Gallagher-owned Rickenbacker 12-string.
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The Epiphone EJ-200 was used by Gallagher during the 15 days Oasis spent recording (What’s the Story) Morning Glory? – the best-selling British album of the ‘90s which featured tracks like Don’t Look Back in Anger, Champagne Supernova and Wonderwall.
“It was quite extraordinary how they managed to record it in such a fast period of time,” says Sotheby’s New York-based pop culture specialist Craig Inciardi [via The Guardian].
“He was just so prolific at the time … with the amount of songs that were coming out of him, it’s almost unprecedented. And if you look at that album and you look at the track listing, it looks like a greatest hits album.”
In terms of its provenance, the EJ-200 was given by Gallagher to a roadie, who later sold it to the person selling it now. Sotheby’s estimates the guitar will sell for between $60,000 and $80,000, though given the results of recent high-profile guitar auctions – like David Gilmour’s Black Strat and Jerry Garcia’s Tiger guitar, which sold for $14.5m and $11.5m at the recent Jim Irsay Collection auction, respectively – it could well exceed that estimate.
“These are functional objects that have become so sought after and the value of musical instruments that have this sort of historic provenance has significantly increased over time,” adds Inciardi.
Online bidding for the auction begins on 9 April. Learn more at Sotheby’s.
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