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Noel Gallagher's Smashed Guitar From Oasis Split Night Could Fetch £500,000 - Liverpool Echo
The auction includes 150 Oasis items valued over £3 million, featuring Noel Gallagher’s damaged 1960s Gibson guitar from the 2009 breakup backstage fight.
- Next month Propstore will put up Noel Gallagher's damaged guitar from the night Oasis split as part of its music memorabilia auction.
- The split followed a backstage brawl at the Rock en Seine festival in Paris in 2009, during which Liam Gallagher damaged his brother's 1960s red Gibson ES-355 guitar.
- The auction will include more than 550 lots with a combined estimated value of more than £3 million, featuring about 150 Oasis items including Noel Gallagher's Takamine FP460SC acoustic guitar and John Lennon's Lost Weekend tinted glasses.
- Propstore framed the sale as timed with Oasis reunion world tour, now more than halfway through, offering fans and collectors a rare chance to own music history.
- Estimated at £250-500,000, the damaged guitar could sell for half a million pounds during the two-day live auction starting at 3pm BST.
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Oasis is on tour, with the Gallagher brothers on good terms. However, 16 years ago the history of the band seemed to have ended after a dramatic separation. After the breakup, vocalist Liam Gallagher smashed a guitar and never again played (no talking) with his brother. Fortunately, the narrative took a whole turn, and today the brothers are reconciled. However, the guitar was not forgotten, and will currently be auctioned for a high price. The …
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