Pattie Boyd (b. 1944)

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Eric Clapton, circa 1977

Pattie Boyd (b. 1944)

Price Realised GBP 1,638

A unique colour Polaroid photograph of Eric Clapton with his favourite Fender Stratocaster guitar, nicknamed 'Blackie', circa 1977, signed in pencil by Pattie Boyd verso
4¹⁄₄ x 3¹⁄₂ in. (10.8 x 8.9 cm.)

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Lot Essay

Blackie served as Eric Clapton's primary - and practically sole - stage and studio guitar for 15 years of his career from late 1970 to 1985. Interviewed for in 1985, Clapton told Dan Forte:

[A guitar maker] [laughs].

In June 2004, Blackie was sold as the highlight of Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Auction at Christie's New York in aid of the Crossroads Center, Antigua, for $959,500, which was a world record for a guitar at the time.