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Tom Dunne: Guitar porn and the things I could spend my money on 

As Rory Gallagher's famous instrument goes up for auction, I see that one of Kurt Cobain's axes holds the current record for guitar prices
Tom Dunne: Guitar porn and the things I could spend my money on 

Kurt Cobain performing at MTV Unplugged in 1993. Picture: Getty Images

Depending on when you read this the fate of Rory Gallagher’s 1961 Sunburst Fender Stratocaster may already have been decided. It goes under the hammer at Bonham’s Auction House in London at 3pm, Thursday. Lot 62P is guiding at £700K to £1 million.

Back in Irish hands by teatime or part of the burgeoning Jim Irsay collection? Time will tell. Irsay, owner and CEO of NFL team the Indianapolis Colts, once declared “I just fucking love Pink Floyd”, before shelving out $3.975 million to buy David Gilmour’s famed black Stratocaster.

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