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Some Might Pay: Noel Gallagher Guitar Used to Write Oasis's Second Album to Be Auctioned
Signed acoustic guitar used on (What’s the Story) Morning Glory? – the bestselling album of the 90s – could fetch up to £60,000 at Sotheby’s
TL;DR
- Noel Gallagher's signed Epiphone EJ-200 acoustic guitar, used to write Oasis's (What's the Story) Morning Glory?, is being auctioned.
- (What's the Story) Morning Glory? was the bestselling British album of the 90s, selling 22 million copies worldwide.
- The auction at Sotheby's also includes a handwritten lyric sheet for 'Don't Look Back in Anger' and a Rickenbacker 12-string guitar.
- The acoustic guitar is estimated to sell for between £45,000 and £60,000.
- The album's success was fueled in part by the 'Battle of Britpop' rivalry with Blur.
- Guitars with historic provenance are increasingly valuable to collectors.