Rare PRINCE Guitar Sells For $381,000 At Auction; EDDIE VAN HALEN's "Canada Day" Guitar Sold For $104,000

Prince’s Sadowsky Telecaster guitar - used on his 1986 Parade Tour and in his music video for the hit “America” - sold for $381,000 at a Julien’s Auction on Wednesday, reports Star Tribune. It was reportedly only one of six guitars made in this style.

As apparently rare as it is, this guitar didn’t come close to the $910,000 paid in June for Prince’s Cloud 3 yellow guitar. That classic was built by Bloomington luthier Dave Rusan, completed in early 1985.

By comparison, in this week’s Julien’s Auction, Eddie Van Halen’s 1993 Ernie Ball Music Man Signature “Canada Day” electric guitar sold for $104,000. Other items sold in this auction included Nirvana’s signed 1991 recording contract, for $22,750; Freddie Mercury’s 1981 stage-worn tank top, for $22,750, and a Michael Jackson-owned and -worn fedora, for $5,850.

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(Guitar photos courtesy of Julien's Auctions)