| carboengine 14.10.2005 11:23 |
I see Freddie's car on eBay has three days to go, and the highest bid is GBP 63,001. link IF the Red Special were up for auction, how much do you think it would go for, and why? |
| Serry... 14.10.2005 11:25 |
All the Johnny Knoxville family's money, houses, cars, pets... |
| Erin 14.10.2005 11:25 |
The Red Special is priceless... |
| Fenderek 14.10.2005 11:32 |
Serry... wrote: All the Johnny Knoxville family's money, houses, cars, pets...LMAO |
| its_a_hard_life 14.10.2005 12:42 |
Erin wrote: The Red Special is priceless...I hope Brian doesnt sell it!!!!! Please Brian no selllllllllllll!!!!!!! |
| Erin 14.10.2005 13:10 |
its_a_hard_life wrote: I hope Brian doesnt sell it!!!!! Please Brian no selllllllllllll!!!!!!!Brian will probably be buried with it.. |
| its_a_hard_life 14.10.2005 15:17 |
Erin wrote:Yes probably will be, means alot to him also because of his dad who he was very close to.its_a_hard_life wrote: I hope Brian doesnt sell it!!!!! Please Brian no selllllllllllll!!!!!!!Brian will probably be buried with it.. I dont think Brian would sell such a great master piece him and his father made. |
| Farlander 14.10.2005 15:30 |
Let's be realistic. The Red Special is not priceless. It may be priceless to Brian, but there is a limit as to how much someone would pay for it. If it were sold on eBay I seriously doubt it would even approach the amount the manuscript of Beethoven's Grosse Fugue that was recently discovered will sell for. So is it worth millions? I'd say yes. Tens of millions? Probably. Hundreds of millions? Not a chance. I'm sure we won't see it sold in Brian's lifetime. I somehow doubt he will actually wind of burried with it. Probably it will go to his family, as that would be a lovely reminder of their father. Eventually it will probably wind up in a museum of some sort. Maybe in a private collection. |
| bohemian 11513 14.10.2005 15:35 |
Well go and check out ebay after the Meadowlands and Hollywood Bowl dates... :-))) |
| inu-liger 14.10.2005 15:43 |
Farlander wrote: Let's be realistic. The Red Special is not priceless. It may be priceless to Brian, but there is a limit as to how much someone would pay for it. If it were sold on eBay I seriously doubt it would even approach the amount the manuscript of Beethoven's Grosse Fugue that was recently discovered will sell for.How much did Grosse Fugue sell for? |
| Jay Mantis 14.10.2005 15:45 |
I believe 2 Million. |
| TheOpposition. 14.10.2005 16:17 |
The red special, worth tens of millions? I very much doubt it. |
| deleted user 14.10.2005 17:26 |
i agree he shud b buried wiv it!!! i doubt he will ever sell it, its his got 2 many memories 4 him! he cud pass it down in his family coz he made it wiv his dad i think they shouldv givin it a proper name though not red special lol |
| its_a_hard_life 14.10.2005 17:31 |
Lil*Queenie wrote: i agree he shud b buried wiv it!!! i doubt he will ever sell it, its his got 2 many memories 4 him! he cud pass it down in his family coz he made it wiv his dad i think they shouldv givin it a proper name though not red special lolActually i think the "red special" is a good enough name... :) |
| All I Hear Is Radio Gaga 14.10.2005 17:50 |
I read in a guitar magazine that was saying how much they would pay for certain guitarists' guitars. Brian's guitar said $500,000-Priceless. As soon as my scanner starts working again I'll scan it and put it in Brian's pictures. |
| chewing gum bum 14.10.2005 19:06 |
Serry... you crack me up!!! You're the best Dude! |
| carboengine 14.10.2005 22:17 |
Lil*Queenie wrote: i agree he shud b buried wiv it!!! i doubt he will ever sell it, its his got 2 many memories 4 him! he cud pass it down in his family coz he made it wiv his dad i think they shouldv givin it a proper name though not red special lolSpeaking of guitar names, I think Willie Nelson calls his "Trigger." |
| AmeriQueen 14.10.2005 22:44 |
I'm sure he could hauk it for a few million pounds. |
| Lisser 15.10.2005 00:24 |
Erin is right, he'll probably be buried with it as that is what Brian did say. Maybe he was kidding. I'd like to see him leave it to Jimmy. |
| kdj2hot 15.10.2005 04:00 |
Lisser wrote: Erin is right, he'll probably be buried with it as that is what Brian did say. Maybe he was kidding. I'd like to see him leave it to Jimmy.Why would he be kidding? He's been a musician the majority of his life, he probably treasures the bonding he probably experienced when making it. It would make sense. And the answer is simple and has been given: Priceless Hypothetically if it were on ebay, somewhere in the millions especially with all the celebrity and wealthy Queen fans all over the world. Hell, it wouldn't even matter if it was signed by Brian or not, that wouldn't make a big difference on the price. The celebrity whoring out of items seem to be going around with Freddie's car and Sly Stone's motor bike he's selling. |
| TheOpposition. 15.10.2005 04:57 |
"Hell, it wouldn't even matter if it was signed by Brian or not, that wouldn't make a big difference on the price." - If I was buying the Red Special, I definatley would NOT want Brian signing it. Maybe a letter of authenticity ect.... but I wouldnt want him or anybody marking the original guitar. |
| Sharron .G 15.10.2005 08:18 |
Let's bear in mind that at a high end Chritie's auction, where you had to be worth at least 10 million to attend....Eric Clapton's beloved strat "Blackie" which he played exclusevely for 22 years sold for around $470,000 US dollar. We could not expect Brian May's homemade guitar to sell for more than Clapton's classic strat. Brian May is more special to most of us.....but without a doubt, Clapton is more world reknown. |
| carboengine 15.10.2005 11:57 |
In some Queen book I read that on a flight airplane storage in first class couldn't accommodate his guitar for some reason so Brian bought a first class ticket for it so the Red Special got its own seat! If I find that excerpt, I'll type it in, or does anyone else have it? |
| Serry... 15.10.2005 12:05 |
Yeah, I've read it too... |
| SilverShoes 16.10.2005 00:11 |
<< In some Queen book I read that on a flight airplane storage in first class couldn't accommodate his guitar for some reason so Brian bought a first class ticket for it so the Red Special got its own seat! If I find that excerpt, I'll type it in, or does anyone else have it? >> Brian's not the only guitarist who is that fussy about his favorite guitar. Steve Howe's pretty well known for insisting his favorite Gibson ES-175 fly with him (he actually once had one guitar that was damaged by an airline), and the late Roy Buchannon used to always buy two tickets when he flew: one for himself, and for his Telecaster. And I believe Albert Lee used to carry his guitar in a suit bag. Airlines are famous for losing and damaging guitars. I've heard more than one story of a guitarist opening the case when he gets to his destiation, and either finding cracks in the body of an instrument (as happened with one of Steve Howe's acoustic guitars), or the neck is snapped (the late John Cippolina said he once got off a plane just in time to see a baggage handler THROW his guitar out of the baggage hold onto the tarmac) or something else else is wrong with the instrument. |