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Hendrix guitar sold for £280,000

The first guitar set alight on stage by rock legend Jimi Hendrix has been sold at auction for £280,000 (€345,688).

Thu, 04 Sep, 2008 - 23:44

The first guitar set alight on stage by rock legend Jimi Hendrix has been sold at auction for £280,000 (€345,688).

Hendrix torched the 1965 Fender Stratocaster at the end of his show at the Astoria in Finsbury Park, north London, in March 1967.

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