The late Jim Irsay's impressive collection was just sold at Christies. Here are the highlights: David Gilmour’s Black Fender Stratocaster – $14,550,000 (Irsay paid about $4 million for it) Jerry Garcia’s “Tiger” guitar – $11,560,000 Kurt Cobain’s Smells Like Teen Spirit Fender Mustang – $6,907,000 Kurt Cobain’s MTV Unplugged Martin D-18E – $6,010,000 Eric Clapton’s MTV Unplugged Martin 000-42 – $4,101,000 Eddie Van Halen’s Hot For Teacher Kramer – $3,932,000 Eric Clapton’s “The Fool” 1964 Gibson SG Standard – $3,003,000 John Lennon’s Framus Hootenanny 12-string – $2,857,000 Eddie Van Halen’s 1982 Kramer – $2,734,000 “Reach Out to Asia” Fender Stratocaster – $2,700,000 As I guitarist myself, I can't say I get this. These are record setting prices. Are there people who will pay MORE for these at a later date? Are they all boomers? ** Edited by Baltimore Hokie at 3/13/2026, 1:53:22 PM