Elton John s Steinway piano that traveled the world for 20 years sold for $915,000 at Heritage Auctions
Sir Elton John s Steinway Model D Grand Piano Number 426549 Used Exclusively in His Concerts from 1974 - 1993.
DALLAS, TX
.- Sir Elton Johns much-loved Steinway Grand Piano, (circa 1972) sold for an astounding $915,000 Saturday, July 17, during Heritage Auctions landmark Entertainment & Music memorabilia event.
Aggressive bidding skyrocketed the auction price as a bidding war broke out between phone bidders while others bid through the internet on Heritage LIVE!.
Bidding opened Saturday afternoon at $240,000. But befitting an instrument used by the Rocket Man, it quickly took off from there. The piano set an auction house record as the most expensive musical instrument Heritage has ever sold.