Christie’s‘ Popular Culture: Rock & Pop Memorabilia sale in London on June 14 contains an impressive collection of items relating to classic British band The Who.
Chief among them is a circa 1972 Gibson Les Paul Deluxe guitar (below) that belonged to Pete Townshend, expected to fetch up to $50,000.
Townshend used the instrument on the American leg of the band’s Quadrophenia tour in 1973, a Mod classic.
Roger Daltrey, John Entwistle, Keith Moon and Pete Townshend in 1966 with Daltrey’s Volvo P1800
To mark the occasion we give you this photo of the band – Roger Daltrey, John Entwistle, Keith Moon and Townshend (above from left to right) – from 1966 with Daltrey’s Volvo P1800 in London.
The swinging Swedish sports car was the perfect complement to The Who’s Carnaby Street finery, a look since perpetuated by the likes of Paul Smith.
You can find a P1800 in mint condition for considerably less than Townshend’s guitar – unless it belonged to a British rock star, of course….
Photo above by Tony Gale / Pictorial Press
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- Posted June 09, 2011
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