Noel Gallagher’s ‘favourite’ Oasis guitar sells for eye-watering £226,800

An instrumentality praised by Noel Gallagher arsenic “the champion guitar successful the world” has sold for £226,800.

The Manchester singer-songwriter’s customized Silver Sparkle Gibson Les Paul Florentine guitar, which was enactment connected merchantability for betwixt £200,000 and £400,000, was utilized successful the signaling of the 3rd Oasis medium Be Here Now, released successful August 1997.

Auctioneers Propstore said it is 1 of Gallagher’s superior guitars from the Oasis epoch and believed to beryllium the 1 helium played astir often during that portion of his career.

The guitar was made for Gallagher astatine Gibson’s customized store successful 1997 and was utilized for performances connected The David Letterman Show and Saturday Night Live and for the BBC documentary Oasis: Right Here, Right Now.

A Noel Gallagher-signed Yorkshire Tea teapot fetched £1,260 connected the 2nd time of Propstore’s four-day unrecorded memorabilia auction, portion a tambourine utilized by his bandmate member Liam went for £6,300.

The Gallaghers announced earlier this twelvemonth they would betterment to circuit arsenic Oasis successful 2025, with dates successful the UK and Ireland rapidly selling out.

An amplifier owned by John Lennon sold for £151,200 aft being estimated astatine betwixt £100,000 to £200,000.

The 1962 Fawn JMI Vox AC15 Twin amp is claimed to beryllium the archetypal Lennon utilized with The Beatles, including during a Cavern Club show successful Liverpool connected August 22 1962, 4 days aft drummer Sir Ringo Starr joined, and for the signaling of the band’s debut medium Please Please Me.

Michael Jackson’s Thriller circuit rehearsal jacket, signed by the precocious American vocalist and some John Landis, who directed the euphony video, and his costume decorator woman Deborah Nadoolman Landis, who created the distinctive reddish leather outfit, went for £189,000.

Jackson’s handwritten Beat It lyrics sold for £53,550.

A formation lawsuit utilized by Queen frontman Freddie Mercury for his soft show portion connected circuit and astatine Live Aid successful 1985 went for £59,850.

Mark Hochman, Propstore’s euphony specialist, said: “Propstore’s auction was a solemnisation of music’s taste impact, with iconic items similar John Lennon’s amp, Noel Gallagher’s guitars, and Michael Jackson’s Thriller circuit overgarment serving arsenic reminders of euphony history’s unthinkable legacy.

“The passionateness from bidders astir the satellite was inspiring, and we look guardant to seeing much bonzer memorabilia instrumentality centre signifier successful the days ahead.”

All prices are inclusive of buyer’s premium.

Days 3 and 4 of the auction proceed online connected Saturday and Sunday.