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Six of EDDIE VAN HALEN's stage-played Charvel EVH art series guitars go up for auction

22-05-2023

ANALOGr, the rare studio gear and one-of-a-kind music memorabilia marketplace that launched last year, is auctioning off six Charvel EVH Art Series electric guitars which have all been stage-played and signed by Eddie Van Halen. Also included in the auction is a Chip Ellis-built Fender Custom Shop Frankenstein copy, dubbed “Frankie 2”. All seven guitars are being auctioned as one lot, with a minimum reserve price of $525,000.

According to ANALOGr, the seven-guitar collection is estimated to sell for between $750,000 and $1,000,000.

The guitars being auctioned are as follows:

* Charvel Eddie Van Halen Art Series guitar, signed July 9, 2004
* Charvel Eddie Van Halen Art Series guitar, signed October 14, 2007
* Charvel Eddie Van Halen Art Series guitar, signed October 22, 2007
* Charvel Eddie Van Halen Art Series guitar, signed November 1, 2007
* Charvel Eddie Van Halen Art Series guitar, signed February 20, 2012
* Charvel Eddie Van Halen Art Series guitar, signed May 11, 2012
* Fender Custom Shop Chip Ellis “Frankie 2”

For more information about each guitar, visit ANALOGr.

Last month, the “Frankenstrat” guitar that Eddie Van Halen played both onstage and in the classic video for VAN HALEN‘s “Hot For Teacher” sold at auction for $3.9 million.

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