Eric Clapton 'Blackie' Fender Stratocaster
- Maker
- Eric Clapton
- Year
- composite (1950s parts)
- Rank
- 66 of 100
Eric Clapton 'Blackie' Fender Stratocaster
Eric Clapton 'Blackie' Fender Stratocaster by Eric Clapton (composite (1950s parts)) is ranked 66 in the FLOAT 100 for Memorabilia. It sold for $959,500 on 24 June 2004. Held the world guitar auction record (2004-2013); Clapton's signature instrument.
What is it, and why is it in the FLOAT 100?
Held the world guitar auction record (2004-2013); Clapton's signature instrument.
Clapton's main Strat assembled from several 1950s Strats; sold for the Crossroads Center Antigua; bought by Guitar Center
What is the best-sourced number for it?
- Figure
- $959,500
- Kind
- Realized at auction
- Date
- 24 June 2004
Christie's New York, Crossroads auction. $959,500.
This is a realized sale. Somebody paid it. Source.
How this is made
- The figure
- One reference price, taken from a named public source and shown with its own kind. FLOAT does not average it with anything or adjust it for time.
- Realized or not
- A realized price is a completed sale. A market asking price and a price-guide value are not sales, and are labeled as such wherever they appear.
- Why no grade ladder
- Most FLOAT 100 entries are individual objects. There is one of this, so there is no population and no spread across grades to show.
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