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£280,000 for burnt Hendrix guitar £280,000 for burnt Hendrix guitar
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The first guitar torched on stage by Jimi Hendrix has been sold for £280,000 an auction of rock memorabilia. The first guitar torched on stage by Jimi Hendrix has been sold for £280,000 a London auction of rock memorabilia.
The Fender Stratocaster was burned at the end of a show at the Astoria in Finsbury Park, north London, in 1967. The Fender Stratocaster, burnt at the end of a show in north London in 1967, was bought by collector Daniel Boucher from Boston, Massachusetts.
The east London sale also included the Beatles' first management contract, signed in 1962 by all four members of the group and manager Brian Epstein. "It was something I wanted to have," he told the BBC after the sale. "I decided I would go the distance to get it."
The document, carrying the signatures of Paul McCartney's and George Harrison's fathers, fetched £240,000. The instrument was only recovered from a garage last year and still bears the scorch marks of Hendrix's performance.
Drummer Ringo Starr signed the four-page contract under his own name, Richard Starkey. "It's one of a kind from one of a kind," said Mr Boucher, who described Hendrix as a "unique person" who "changed the game".
The items were sold at The Fame Bureau's It's More Than Rock and Roll memorabilia auction. Fingerprints
Gimmick The Fame Bureau's It's More Than Rock and Roll memorabilia auction also included the Beatles' first management contract.
Managing director Ted Owen said the document was "the most important music contract to have ever appeared". Signed in 1962 by the four members of the group and their manager Brian Epstein, the four-page document fetched £240,000.
The musicians put their signatures to the agreement in January 1962Enlarge ImageThe musicians put their signatures to the agreement in January 1962Enlarge Image
Hendrix, who died in 1970 at the age of 27, became famous for burning the 1965 Fender Stratocaster. Other items sold on Thursday include a notebook of lyrics and poetry that once belonged to Doors singer Jim Morrison, which went for £58,000.
The instrument, which apparently ended up with a business associate, was only recovered from a garage last year and still bears the scorch marks of Hendrix's performance. A guitar once owned by Elvis Presley fetched £26,000, though a concealed gun permit featuring what are claimed to be his only remaining fingerprints failed to meet its reserve price.
Also up for sale were what are claimed to be the only remaining fingerprints of Elvis Presley, on a concealed gun permit. Neither did the audio archive of legendary music producer Joe Meek, a set of almost 2,000 master tapes that had been expected to fetch up to £300,000.
And the audio archive of legendary music producer Joe Meek - a set of almost 2,000 master tapes - was expected to fetch up to £300,000. "The auction has the largest array of star lots we've seen for 15 years," said Ted Owen, The Fame Bureau's managing director.
Rock 'n' roll memorabilia has proved to be a booming business in recent years, according to the BBC's business correspondent Martin Shankleman.