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At a recent auction, Johnny Marr's guitar used during The Smiths' early career sold for £358,400, four times its pre-sale estimate. Another guitar he received from Sire Records founder Seymour Stein in 1983 fetched £204,800, also surpassing its estimated value. Both instruments played significant roles in creating iconic The Smiths tracks and influencing other musicians like Noel Gallagher of Oasis.
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At an auction on September 26, Johnny Marr's two guitars sold for over half a million pounds. His 1982 Rickenbacker 330 Jetglo guitar, featured prominently in The Smiths' debut album and tracks like "This Charming Man" and "Still Ill," fetched £358,400—four times the pre-sale estimate of around £87,000. The auction also included his 1960 Cherry Red Gibson ES-355, used for composing "Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now" and its B-side, which sold for £204,800, exceeding the estimated price range of £100,000 to £150,000. The Cherry Red Gibson was gifted to Marr by Sire Records founder Seymour Stein in 1983 after a humorous conversation about signing with the label. These sales precede the release of Marr's new album, The Age Of Everything, scheduled for October 2.
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Among the items that went under the hammer was Marr’s recognisable 1982 Rickenbacker 330 Jetglo, which was used throughout the recording of The Smiths’ debut album and early tours.
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The guitar – which can be heard on the tracks What Difference Does It Make?, This Charming Man, Still Ill, and Accept Yourself – sold for £358,400, four times over the pre-sale estimate in a bidding battle that lasted more than five minutes.
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The Rickenbacker appeared on the cover of Oasis’ debut single Supersonic after Marr lent the guitar to Noel Gallagher during early recording sessions for Definitely Maybe.
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The auction also saw his 1960 Cherry Red Gibson ES-355, which inspired Marr to write the music for The Smiths’ 1984 single Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now and its B-side Girl Afraid, go up for sale.
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It sold for £204,800, well over its estimated price which ranged from £100,000 to £150,000.
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The guitar was purchased for him in 1983 by Sire Records founder Seymour Stein after Marr joked The Smiths would sign to the label if Stein bought him a new guitar.
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It comes ahead of the release of his first studio album in four years, The Age Of Everything, which will hit shelves on October 2.
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The band released four critically acclaimed studio albums in The Smiths (1984), Meat Is Murder (1985), The Queen Is Dead (1986), and Strangeways, Here We Come (1987) – before breaking up in 1987.
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They achieved three UK top 10 singles, and were best known for songs such as How Soon Is Now?, This Charming Man and There Is A Light That Never Goes Out.
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Marr launched his solo career with 2013 album The Messenger, with all of his solo albums charting in the UK top 10.
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The 111-lot sale continues with further items expected to sell for thousands of pounds.
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