by Sam Meaghan Contributor

Tags: Eric Clapton 

Prince, The Beatles and Eric Clapton memorabilia in one huge auction

Some Frank Zappa collectables will also be on offer too

 

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It has been announced that on the 4 and 5 November, an auction will be taking place for more than 700 lots. 

It appears that the auction is one of both quantity and quality, as Eric Clapton, Prince and The Beatles, have all donated memoribillia to the auction. 

The lots will range from costumes to contracts, instruments through to haberdashery goods, that were all at the very least owned by some of the biggest names in music. 

Most of the highlighted lots will be the ones that were donated by Clapton. The legend has also made it so the proceeds raised from his collectables will go to the Crossroads Centre. 

The Crossroads Centre is a retreat in Antigua he founded to help people recovering from drug and alcohol addiction. 

The donations from the recently deceased, Prince, will feature handwritten lyrics to, 'I Hope We Can Work It Out', the icon's paisley black jacket, and noneother than his 1959 Gibson L48 guitar. 

Other items that are part of the collosal collection feature a grammy nomination plaque that was given to The Beatles, a guitar used by both The Rolling Stones and U2, a shirt worn by Elvis Presley onstage, and last but not least, the piano that Frank Sinatra gave to his daughter, Tina. 

Though all of the memorabillia will be on offer on both days, it is believed that Frank and Gill Zappa's estate will be the focus of Friday 4 November. 

You may want to start counting the money down the side of your couch, though, as the cheapest piece is believed to be worth at least $4,000. 

The pieces will be on show on behalf of Julian's auctions from 31 October, through to 3 November. The sale itself will take place between the hours of 10am and 2pm on both the 4 and 5 November. 


Sam Meaghan

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