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Please sign up to our free newsletter to receive exciting news about music memorabilia auctions. AUCTION - Johnny Winter 1978 Texas Poster - Armadillo - Condition - Near Mint Minus PLEASE NOTE: All auctions will be subject to a 15 buyers fee. Most of his guitars are owned by his estate and only a handful have ever appeared at auction. The record for a guitar owned by Vaughan is $623,000, set for his 'Lenny' Stratocaster at Christie's in 2004. Vaughan played it during his stint with Paul Ray and the Cobras in Texas between 1975-1977. With the Lazer I get both.'Ī 1966-1967 belonging to Stevie Ray Vaughan sold for $80,000. I can put the same effort into a Gibson and get back twice as much. If I pull the strings, I don't get as much out of it as I put into it. I like the sound of a strat, but just can't play one. Winter explained what he liked about the Lazer: 'It's really the closest thing I've found to sounding like a Strat and feeling like a Gibson. The present lot is a custom version built specially for him and featuring a single coil in the neck and a split humbucker. He began playing the Lazer in the 1980s after its creator, Mark Erlewine, offered him a prototype backstage after a show. Johnny Winter was a legendary rock guitarist Winter made his name in the US club circuit of the 1960s with his blistering covers of classic blues songs. These, and assorted wonderful vintage instruments, constitute the artist's personal collection, which also includes the simple wooden ukulele - his very first guitar - that he is shown with around the age of 10 in family photos,' the website Twitter.Rock guitarist Johnny Winter's iconic custom White Lazer led an auction of guitars at Guernsey's New York on February 27, achieving $180,000. 'And though they appear almost toy-like, Winter's three Lazer guitars gave some of the most powerful sounds of his career. 'Johnny also banged out song after song on his metal resonators, the instruments he affectionately called 'garbage cans with strings,' some of which were uniquely crafted for him,' according to the website. Many vividly remember the musician's love affair with Gibson's uniquely shaped Firebirds, all five of which are in the sale, including the iconic instrument passed down to Johnny from Muddy Waters. 'No auction would be complete without his collection of three dozen guitars. The Guernsey web site describes the vast and eclectic collection offered for sale. 'After that, King and I became friends, and he included me in his performances whenever he could.' 'I knew every piece he'd played from listening to his records,' Winter said. The audience was on Johnny's side by now. 'But I do,' Winter said, showing it to him. 'You don't have a union card,' King said. 'You don't know our sets, and you can't keep up,' King said. Texas mom’s campaign to ban books divided her town - and family Also several photos of Johnny both in concert and other photos, one of him playing the ukulele he had as a t. King at an all-black club in Beaumont where King was playing. Announced today is that there will be an auction of Johnny Winter memorabilia, including five of his 'uniquely shaped' Firebird guitars, one once belonging to bluesman/legend Muddy Waters.

In 1990, Johnny Winter told The Enterprise a story about how he met, at 15, famed bluesman B.B. Both played together in Beaumont before Johnny died, and Zito said both Winter brothers realized that Southeast Texas was important to them, culturally and musically, though they both wanted to strike out on their own.

Winter's younger brother, Edgar, now 69, lives in California. He said the auction house likely has provenance on all the pieces offered for auction, which likely came from family. Steinman has a small personal collection of Winter memorabilia. Contact the auctioneer for information on the auction results. The auctioneer wasnt accepting online bids for this item. Bidding Over The auction is over for this item. 'If I took every one of them that someone brought in here, I'd have a dozen.' Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Autographs Start Price:NA Estimated At:400.00 - 600.00 USD. 'I've got four of those,' said Paul Steinman, owner of Guitar and Banjo, with a laugh. One of the items listed on the Guernsey web site is 'Johnny Winter's first guitar,' which is four strings. Classic Blues artist Johnny Winter has hand signed this Fender. He did when I was 18 and now more than ever.' Lot 773: Johnny Winter Signed Fender Stratocaster Guitar. 'He loved playing the blues,' said Zito, now 45. International Autograph Auctions, 375 WINTER JOHNNY & EDGAR: Johnny Winter (1944-2014) American Singer and Guitarist, & Edgar Winter (1946- ) American Mu.

Whether that particular guitar is in the auction is not known, but Zito said he knows the family and Winter's manager, Paul Nelson, who also played guitar with Winter, sanctioned the auction, so it must be a decision approved by the family and estate. Click the link here for more information.īy e-mail, mail and telephone See More Collapse

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