Sothebys Auction

June 24, 2004 at Christie’s auction in New York City, Eric Clapton’s Fender Stratocaster guitar Eric nicknamed “Blackie” sold for $959,500. This amount of money made it the most expensive guitar in the world.

Some old love letters sent by Mick Jagger to singer Marsha Hunt in 1969, have sold at an auction at Sothebys on Wednesday  for $301,472. A private collector bidding by phone on Wednesday acquired  the 10 letters that Mick sent to Marsha who happens to be the mother of Jagger's first child.