Musical Instruments & Memorabilia

A rare example from a pioneer of modern musical boxes came for sale at Lawrences of Crewkerne

'Would You Believe' was geared up to be Britain’s response to 'Pet Sounds' by The Beach Boys but was instead shelved

The glasses will now be displayed in the Uri Geller Museum in Tel Aviv

The Irish musician’s guitar collection, including his famous Fender Stratocaster, will appear at Bonhams in October

The glasses were given to the vendor as a birthday gift in 1968 and will be sold by Catherine Southon Auctioneers

Rare copy of the most censored record in British history sells at Wiltshire auction

Eric Clapton’s 'Wonderful Tonight' and Ian Bairnson’s 'Wuthering Heights' guitars sell at separate sales

Guitar belonging to the Beatle was rediscovered in an attic after 50 years

Ian Bairnson’s guitar featured in Kate Bush’s debut 1978 hit 'Wuthering Heights' is being offered at Gardiner Houlgate in Wiltshire.

The guitar on which Clapton wrote 'Wonderful Tonight' carries an estimate of £300,000-400,000

John Lennon’s long-lost Framus 12-string Hootenanny acoustic guitar has been rediscovered and is coming to auction next month.

A rare autograph manuscript by composer Johann Sebastian Bach has been acquired by the University of Oxford’s Bodleian Libraries.

A six-hour sale of 122 lots from the collection of singer-songwriter and Dire Straits frontman Mark Knopfler took £7.01m (or £8.84m including buyer’s premium).