Guitar is going up for sale in London later this year after being put up for auction by Gallagher estate
Donal Gallagher, brother of the late guitar legend Rory Gallagher, with his brother's Fender Stratocaster guitar at a previous Dublin exhibition. Photograph: Frank Miller’s Fender Stratocaster guitar before it goes on sale for an estimated £700,000 to £1 million in London later this year.
“Donal said he was extremely shy and that he shied away from all these kind of public events, but he did come in and we had a small group of about 40 people and I have very fond memories of that day in Cork City Hall,” Mr Martin said.Inside Crooksling: ‘Sleep is the only escape’ from the ‘dirty, unsafe’ asylum seeker campsite“I would love if we could – obviously, I will talk to Catherine Martin and see what’s possible but it would be lovely if we could get that guitar back on Leeside.
“Rory Gallagher’s guitar is a very distinctive and is probably one of the most recognisable guitars in rock history because of the fact that the varnish wore off because apparently Rory’s sweat was very acidic, and it just stripped off the varnish over time.
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