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Bidding starts at $1 million for Eric Clapton's 1954 Slowhand Strat

Eric Clapton often auctions off his music gear to help fund the Crossroads Centre in Antigua, and it's from the first in mid-1999 that Lot 103 was sold. Dubbed Slowhand, it's now available again, with bidding kicking off at a million bucks.

Gruhn's staff with the 29 guitars at the beginning of the week.

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$150,000 Martin 000-45 leads sale of 29 Clapton guitars

Twenty-nine guitars owned by Eric Clapton went on sale this week at Gruhn Guitars in Nashville, with 19 already sold and the pick-of-the-bunch, a Martin 000-45, still available at $150,000 .

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The 100 most valuable guitars ever sold at auction

Vintage guitars are now a viable investment. Our list of the most valuable guitars ever sold shows the key factor is the significance of the instrument in musical history, with guitars formerly played by Clapton, Hendrix, and the guitar–playing Beatles dominating the listings.