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The “Reach Out to Asia' Fender Stratocaster held the world record price for a full decade from 2005-2015 before the recent spate of extreme sales. This guitar was the first to sell for seven figures and dethroned Eric Clapton's 'Blackie' Fender Stratocaster Hybrid sold for $959,500 by Christie’s in 2004. The white Fender Stratocaster was signed by almost all of the living guitar greats at the time, including Eric Clapton, Keith Richards, Brian May, Jimmy Page, David Gilmour, Jeff Beck, Pete Townsend, Mark Knopfler, Ray Davies, Liam Gallagher, Ronnie Wood, Tony Iommi, Angus & Malcolm Young, Paul McCartney, Sting, Ritchie Blackmore and Bryan Adams. The one that can be verified was sold at the “Reach Out to Asia' charity auction organized by Canadian rocker Bryan Adams in 2005. Only three other guitars are ever believed to have been sold for more than $2 million, with two of the three being whispered rumors about private sales. Hence it was logical that when John Lennon's Gibson J-160E guitar went to auction on November 7, 2015, it claimed its place among the most valuable guitars in the world by selling for $2.41 million. Similarly, previous guitar price record holders have enjoyed the sort of blanket media exposure that will only be tolerated of music.

The 'Black Strat' has been heard by billions of people for half a century and that’s why it claimed the world record.

Two of the albums on which it featured are also prominent in the record books – The Dark Side of the Moon is the third highest-selling album of all-time and The Wall is the second highest-selling double album in history. The 'Black Strat' was made up of two guitars, being a 1969 Fender Stratocaster and a 1983 Fender Stratocaster. It was the primary guitar used on The Dark Side of the Moon (1973), Wish You Were Here (1975), Animals (1977) and The Wall (1979) and was the guitar used in Gilmour’s immortal guitar solos in Shine on You Crazy Diamond and Comfortably Numb.

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The 'Black Strat' was Gilmour's primary performance and recording guitar on every Pink Floyd album from 1970 to 1983 plus all four of his solo albums. It seems that the standing of the guitar god that played the guitar and the prominence of its most famous performance are the key variables in determining the price at the elite end of the collectible guitar market. Most of the top 100 most valuable guitars are associated with having played the original version of the most prominent artists’ most famous recordings or stage performances. Today’s record is yet another indication that media prominence of any object greatly increases its value. In doing so, he sold three guitars in one day that each topped the million dollar mark, which was quite some feat as only four had ever sold for more than $1 million previously at auction.

That lineup with guitarist Pat Smear was the one inducted into the Rock N' Roll Hall of Fame in their first year of eligibility in 2014 with Cobain's widow Courtney Love there to accept on her husband's behalf.David Gilmour auctioned his entire 125-guitar collection last year, donating the money towards fighting global warming. The following year, Burckhard left and the band went through multiple drummers until 1990 when they settled on Dave Grohl. Four of Nirvana's songs ('All Apologies', 'Come As You Are', 'In Bloom', and 'Smells Like Teen Spirit') reached Rolling Stone's 'The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.' In addition to In Utero and Unplugged, the band's most successful album Nevermind reached the publication's '500 Greatest Albums of All Time.' Cobain and bassist Krist Novoselic founded Nirvana in 1987 with Aaron Burckhard on drums. They also won several Grammys, American Music Awards, and MTV Music Video Awards. The band scored 10 top 40 hits on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart, including five No. Cobain's guitar was originally slated to sell in the range of $100,000-$200,000. By comparison, a custom blue guitar used by Prince at the height of his stardom in the 80s and 90s including his 1984 Purple Rain tour sold for $563,500.