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The guitar that Bob Dylan famously plugged in at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival will be sold at Christie’s in New York on December 6. The sunburst Fender Stratocaster is expected to sell for around $500,000.

Bob Dylan accidentally left the guitar on a private plane that was being flown by Vic Quinto in the 1960s, and it has been in the possession of Quinto’s family ever since. Quinto’s daughter, Dawn Paterson, asserts that Dylan’s management company never responded to her father’s questions of what to do with the guitar.

After confirming the authenticity of the guitar on the PBS show “History Detectives” last year, Paterson ended a legal dispute with Dylan earlier this year which allowed her to sell the guitar and the lyric sheets that were found in the case. The five handwritten and typed sheets include fragments of lyrics that would later feature in songs including “Absolutely Sweet Marie” and “In the Darkness of Your Room”. The lyric sheets are expected to sell for $3,000 to $5,0000.

Further information on the sale is available at Christie’s website

Last week saw the release of the 47-disc “Bob Dylan – The Complete Albums Collection Vol 1” and standard and deluxe “Best of” collections.

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A 1980 Silver Shadow Rolls-Royce once owned by The Who’s John Entwistle is up for auction next month.

The late star had the car converted to an estate car to make room for his Irish wolfhound dogs.

Photo credit: Bonhams

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A guitar played by both John Lennon and George Harrison has exceeded expectations by selling for $408,000 (£269,000). The sale was held by Julien’s Auctions at the Hard Rock Café in New York’s Times Square.

The 1966 guitar was a custom prototype built by Mike Bennett, with electronics by Dick Denney of Vox guitars.

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A huge collection of Beach Boys memorabilia is up for auction by the London-based Fame Bureau. The items were apparently placed in a storage facility in Florida in the 1970s by a Beach Boys family member. The exciting find came to light when the storage company sold off the contents of the boxes because payments had not been made.

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Bonham’s Entertainment Memorabilia auction on December 12 will include over 400 items of music and movie memorabilia, including 71 Beatles-related lots.

Among the stand-out lots are George Harrison’s leather jacket (est. £90,000 – 120,000) and leather boots (est. £12,000 – 15,000) worn during his days in Hamburg and at the Cavern Club.

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