Watch: Rory Gallagher's 1961 Fender Stratocaster on display at Bonhams auction house in London

Rory Gallagher's 1961 Fender Stratocaster guitar will hit the auction block later this year and could fetch up to €1.17 million ($1.28 million). Claire Tole-Moir, who heads the popular culture and science department at auction house Bonhams, says the guitar has "been deemed the most recognizable Fender Stratocaster in the world."