Noel Gallagher's Signed Wonderwall Guitar Up for Auction
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- Noel Gallagher's Epiphone EJ-200 guitar, signed and used during the recording of Oasis's 1995 album (What's the Story) Morning Glory?, is estimated to sell for £59,500 ($80,000) at Sotheby's in New York.
- Sotheby's is also auctioning a handwritten lyric sheet for Oasis's 'Don't Look Back in Anger,' predicted to fetch £29,750 ($40,000).
- Elvis Presley's red electric guitar, on which he played 'Blue Suede Shoes' during his 1968 'Comeback Special,' could sell for up to £1.4m ($2m) — nearly 17 times the Gallagher estimate.
- Other Presley memorabilia in the sale includes a small zip-up bible adorned with a picture of him and his mother Gladys, who died in 1958 from a heart attack.
- Bruce Springsteen's acoustic guitar used to write 'Born to Run,' David Bowie's handwritten lyrics for 'The Jean Genie,' and a rare piece of Keith Moon's 'Pictures of Lily' drum kit round out the marquee lots.
- Morning Glory?, released in 1995 at the height of Britpop, has long been hailed as era-defining and also included 'Some Might Say.'
Why it matters: For Oasis fans and memorabilia collectors, this is a rare chance to own a Gallagher-played instrument tied to one of Britpop's most iconic albums. The sale also features Elvis Presley items — including a guitar potentially worth 17x the Gallagher estimate — and artifacts from Springsteen, Bowie, and Keith Moon, making it a blockbuster rock-history auction.
