# @cgtneurope on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DdjDnfGDaWE
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/70688672-cgtneurope-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-09-21T11:30:52.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** CGTN Europe (@cgtneurope) — https://gondola.cc/cgtneurope

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Music items from former The Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr’s personal collection have sold for more than £3.6 million ($4.8 million) at Christie’s in London.⁣
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The 111-lot auction raised more than three times the total pre-sale estimates. It included 10 guitars, vintage posters, amplifiers, tape recorders and other equipment.⁣
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The top-selling item was Marr’s 1982 Rickenbacker 330 Jetglo, which he played on The Smiths’ 1984 single “This Charming Man.” Estimated at $80,000 to $107,000, it sold for £280,000 (£375,000).⁣
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His 1960 Cherry Red Gibson ES-355, bought for him by Sire Records founder Seymour Stein in New York in 1984, sold for £160,000 ($214,000).⁣
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Marr is donating the full hammer price from 31 lots to Guide Dogs for the Blind and the National Autistic Society.⁣
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The guitarist said the auction had “exceeded all my expectations.” His new album, The Age Of Everything, is due for release on October 2.⁣
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#JohnnyMarr #TheSmiths #Music #Christies #Charity #guitars

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