Ian Ferreyra de Bone, Sotheby’s Managing Director of the Luxurious Division lately emphasised the guitar’s significance and its connection to rock historical past.
“Eddie Van Halen’s affect on fashionable guitar taking part in is immeasurable, and this guitar is a uncommon piece of that legacy,” he stated.
“Performed throughout a few of Eddie’s most iconic performances and later utilized by Mötley Crüe’s Mick Mars, this instrument connects two giants of heavy metallic.”
The public sale is a part of Sotheby’s inaugural “Grails Week,” which showcases extremely sought-after collectibles from leisure and popular culture.
“With its customized construct and unimaginable backstory, it’s a real grail – precisely the type of piece we had in thoughts for Sotheby’s first-ever ‘Grails Week’, which shines a highlight on probably the most sought-after treasures from music, movie, TV, and comics and places Sotheby’s proper on the middle of popular culture,” Ferreyra de Bone continued.
The guitar has a singular historical past, having been performed by each Van Halen and Mick Mars of Mötley Crüe, which makes it an essential piece of heavy metallic heritage.
Its journey from Van Halen to Mars tells a compelling story of rock and roll camaraderie and craftsmanship that spans many years.
Eddie Van Halen initially gifted the guitar to his longtime guitar technician Rudy Leiren, who later bought it to Mars. The guitar incorporates a private inscription from Eddie to Rudy that reads: “Impolite – Its Been a Nice Ten Years – Lets Do One other Ten. Eddie Van Halen.”