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Eric Clapton Stratocaster "Blackie" Becomes Most Expensive Guitar Sold at Auction

Tom Watson, Strat Collector, 25 June 2004

ERIC CLAPTON'S prized Stratocaster "Blackie", brought $959,500 in the Christie's Eric Clapton Crossroads Guitar Auction, becoming the most expensive guitar ever to have been sold at auction.

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