Tuesday´s sale of 110 guitars and amplifiers at Christie´s auction house included brands such as C.F. Martin, Gibson, Fender and Gretsch and guitars once owned by blues guitarist Albert King and reggae musician Peter Tosh.[break]
The top sale went to a 1960 solid-body Les Paul electric guitar by Gibson, which sold for more than $98,000.
Gere says he´s parting with the instruments to support global humanitarian causes. Christie´s says the "Pretty Woman" star studied trumpet and is a self-taught pianist and guitarist.
Gere says he never planned to assemble a guitar collection and bought only ones that he liked and that sounded good to him.
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