Clapton auctions guitar for 45,000 dollars to help friend
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New York - British guitar maestro Eric Clapton auctioned off one of his guitars for 45,000 dollars to help a fellow musician pay off medical bills, an auction house reported Monday.
The guitar fetched more than twice what it was expected to raise in the weekend auction in Dallas, Heritage Auctions said.
The Fender Stratocaster was made in 2014 specifically for Clapton who used it in concerts that year. The winning bidder requested anonymity, Heritage said.
All the proceeds will go to Clapton's friend Johnny Nicholas from the band Asleep at the Wheel to help pay outstanding medical bills from his late wife's leukemia treatment.
- DPA
