{"id":128727,"date":"2017-11-06T02:50:53","date_gmt":"2017-11-06T07:50:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=128727"},"modified":"2017-11-06T02:50:53","modified_gmt":"2017-11-06T07:50:53","slug":"auction-house-says-700k-sale-for-princes-guitar-a-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/11\/06\/auction-house-says-700k-sale-for-princes-guitar-a-record\/","title":{"rendered":"Auction house says $700k sale for Prince&#8217;s guitar a record"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_128737\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-128737\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/18156999_1032302900236157_7048862915795260402_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-128737\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/18156999_1032302900236157_7048862915795260402_n.jpg\" alt=\"The blue teal \u201cCloud\u201d guitar went far above the $60,000 to $80,000 expected at the Saturday auction. (Photo: Prince\/Facebook)\" width=\"960\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/18156999_1032302900236157_7048862915795260402_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/18156999_1032302900236157_7048862915795260402_n-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/18156999_1032302900236157_7048862915795260402_n-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/18156999_1032302900236157_7048862915795260402_n-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-128737\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The blue teal \u201cCloud\u201d guitar went far above the $60,000 to $80,000 expected at the Saturday auction. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/princeofficial\/photos\/a.913035868829528.1073741826.899132313553217\/1032302900236157\/?type=1&amp;theater\">Photo: <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/princeofficial\/\">Prince\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>LOS ANGELES\u2014 A bidding war resulted in a $700,000 price tag for a Prince guitar the highest price ever paid for one of the late icon&#8217;s guitars, according to Julien&#8217;s Auctions.<\/p>\n<p>The blue teal \u201cCloud\u201d guitar went far above the $60,000 to $80,000 expected at the Saturday auction. The guitar was one of several items up for sale by rock legends.<\/p>\n<p>A Michael Jackson black and white rhinestone glove sold for $102,000 while a red snakeskin jacket in the mould of the one he wore in his \u201cBeat It\u201d video sold for $118,000. A MTV Video Music Award Moonman won by Kurt Cobain went for $62,500; a Nehru shirt worn by Jimmy Hendrix sold for $106,000, and handwritten lyrics to David Bowie&#8217;s \u201cStarman\u201d was sold for $81,000.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LOS ANGELES\u2014 A bidding war resulted in a $700,000 price tag for a Prince guitar the highest price ever paid &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":128737,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[31385],"class_list":["post-128727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-auction-house-says-700k-sale-for-princes-guitar-a-record","mauthors-the-canadian-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128727"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128727\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/128737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}