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Neal Schon s guitar collection brings more than $4.2 million at Heritage Auctions
Schon’s 1977 black Gibson Les Paul, played on 1981’s chart-topping, 10-million-selling Escape, was acquired during the auction by the Jim Irsay Collection.
DALLAS, TX
.- Like the song says: Everybody wants a thrill. This weekend’s event at Heritage Auctions starring guitars from the Neal Schon Collection provided more than a few.
Saturday’s auction was held only hours before Schon and Journey headlined Lollapalooza in Chicago (to rave reviews), and as a warm-up act more than 90 instruments from the guitarist’s historic assemblage sold for more than $4.2 million. That includes two Holy Grails now in the hands of new owners: One 1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard Sunburst sold for $350,000, while another of the six-string Ferraris favored by arena-rock gods realized $300,000. ....

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