Oasis acoustic guitar sells for 'record' price
An acoustic guitar played by Noel Gallagher during Oasis’s 1996 MTV Unplugged performance has sold for what was described as a “record” price. The available source identifies the instrument’s connection to the performance but does not provide the sale amount, buyer, seller, venue, or date of the transaction.
An acoustic guitar played by Noel Gallagher at Oasis’s 1996 MTV Unplugged gig has sold for a price described as a “record” price, according to the available source.
The instrument is linked to the band’s MTV Unplugged performance in 1996. The supplied information does not state whether Gallagher owned the guitar at the time of the sale or provide details about its condition or provenance.
No sale amount, buyer, seller, auction house, venue, or transaction date is included in the available source excerpt. The source also does not specify what record the reported price is said to represent.
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