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Eric Clapton: A Guild GF-60NT Acoustic Guitar, 1987,

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Eric Clapton: A Guild GF-60NT Acoustic Guitar, 1987, serial no. GF60014 stamped to reverse of headstock, Made in USA and 3-87 also stamped, neck block dated JAN 22 1987, bound Indian rosewood body with natural finish, spruce top, mahogany neck, ebony fingerboard with diamond-shaped inlays, decorated soundhole rings, imitation tortoiseshell pickguard, ebony bridge, headstock with three-a-side tuners, with black hardshell contour case with black plush lining and Lee Dickson's handwritten label Guild GF60 \?GF60014 Blonde, with framed Christie's certificate signed by Eric Clapton in pencil, with two magazines; Record Collector - The Remaking of Eric Clapton and Guitarist Icons - Eric Clapton Special Issue, guitar 41 1/2in (105.5cm) long Footnotes: Provenance: Ex-Lot 59, A Selection of Eric Clapton's Guitars, Christie's, June 24th, 1999, where purchased by the present owner. The Guild guitar pictured in the accompanying Terry O'Neill photograph appears to be this guitar, taken near Clapton's home in Surrey, 1993. This photograph can also be seen on the cover of the accompanying Record Collector magazine, 2014, as well as on the Christie's certificate. The accompanying Guitarist Icons magazine from 2001 shows the auction listings and results from the sale in 1999. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing

Eric Clapton: A Guild GF-60NT Acoustic Guitar, 1987, serial no. GF60014 stamped to reverse of headstock, Made in USA and 3-87 also stamped, neck block dated JAN 22 1987, bound Indian rosewood body with natural finish, spruce top, mahogany neck, ebony fingerboard with diamond-shaped inlays, decorated soundhole rings, imitation tortoiseshell pickguard, ebony bridge, headstock with three-a-side tuners, with black hardshell contour case with black plush lining and Lee Dickson's handwritten label Guild GF60 \?GF60014 Blonde, with framed Christie's certificate signed by Eric Clapton in pencil, with two magazines; Record Collector - The Remaking of Eric Clapton and Guitarist Icons - Eric Clapton Special Issue, guitar 41 1/2in (105.5cm) long Footnotes: Provenance: Ex-Lot 59, A Selection of Eric Clapton's Guitars, Christie's, June 24th, 1999, where purchased by the present owner. The Guild guitar pictured in the accompanying Terry O'Neill photograph appears to be this guitar, taken near Clapton's home in Surrey, 1993. This photograph can also be seen on the cover of the accompanying Record Collector magazine, 2014, as well as on the Christie's certificate. The accompanying Guitarist Icons magazine from 2001 shows the auction listings and results from the sale in 1999. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing

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