Feb 17, 2005 • 1 min read

Guitar goes for thousands

A 1965 Fender Stratocaster used by Jimi Hendrix sold for £100,000 at a London auction, with a Hendrix poll and a signed Hey Joe single also fetching high prices.

More mad pop auctions. A guitar which belonged to Jimi Hendrix has sold for £100,000 at a London auction. The 1965 Fender

Stratocaster was used by Hendrix both in the studio and on tour and was said to be one of his favourites.

Elsewhere at the Cooper Owen organised auction, a poem written by Hendrix two weeks after his infamous appearance at the Monterey Festival where he set light to his guitar went for £10,000, while a signed copy of the Jimi Hendrix Experience's first single

Hey Joe was sold for £2,000.

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