Late King of Reggae Bob Marley’s guitar was recently sold for US$153,600 (estimated JM$22,235,642.88) at an auction.
The legendary guitar was sold at the December 1-2 Julien’s Auctions’ annual Icons and Idols Trilogy: Rock and Roll. The event took place in Beverly Hills, California, on December 1-2.
Bob Marley’s guitar did extremely well at the auction after it was was estimated between US$80,000 and US$100,000. It is a 1975 Ovation 1612-4 Custom Balladeer acoustic-electric, the guitar features a natural spruce top and shallow back and ebony fingerboard.
Bob Marley owned seven guitars throughout his lifetime. His 22-Series Washburn Hawk sold for between US $1.2- $2 million. Marley gave this guitar to his guitar tech Gary Clausen as a gift, and the Jamaican government decided to buy it to preserve it as a national treasure.
