PRINCE's Yellow Cloud guitar sells for $137,500

29 June 2016

Prince's Yellow Cloud guitar which he used throughout the 90s has sold at auction for $137,500.

The custom-built guitar was made by Minneapolis Knut-Koupee Enterprises and is outfitted with gold knobs, tremolo and tuning keys. It was purchased by Indianapolis Colts owner and avid music memorabilia collector Jim Irsay – who also bought former Beatle Ringo Starr's drum kit for $1.4 million last year.

Prince's former guitar technician Zeke Clark says of the guitar (via Heritage Auctions): "This Yellow Cloud guitar was Prince's main guitar and used in most of his early videos and touring performances and album recordings. From around 1988 until 1994.

"In 1994 he broke the neck of this guitar at a French TV show. After returning to the US, I repaired the neck and installed the first Floyd Rose set up Prince ever played. He used it to record more albums, up until the symbol guitar was born. After the symbol guitar, he wanted 24 additional cloud guitars made to be sold at his outlet store."

Also sold at the auction was a lock of the late David Bowie's hair at $18,750, which was originally expected to fetch $4000. The two-inch snippet was taken by former Madame Tussauds wax museum employee Wendy Farrier to help her make a wig for the late rock star's wax figure.

Also among the items sold at the auction were an unplayed Fender guitar signed by George Harrison and Eric Clapton, and Whitney Houston's driver's license.

Source: ultimateclassicrock.com

Previous news:

SOILWORK release brand new song, lyric video available!

Next news:

SUM 41 release first single from comeback album, ‘13 Voices’ - listen