A model based on its classic “Frankenstein” guitar
Almost five years after his death, one of Eddie van Halen's best -known guitars is auctioned for the first time in autumn.
As part of a Rock Collectibles sale through the Sotheby auction house, the public will be able to offer a Kramer guitar from 1982 in 1982 and 1983, which he played with the rock band van Halen. It was also presented in a much-seen TV display for the Guitar Company. With its black and white spray strips, the guitar van Halen's famous “Frankenstein” from 1975 is similar and is on the same design.
With the kind permission of Sotheby's
A few years after these van Halen shows, according to Sotheby's van Halen, gave the instrument to its guitar technology, Robin “Rudy”. (The guitar bears an inscription to Leien.) Leirin finally sold her to Mötley Crüe Mick Mars, who used her on the band Dr. Feeling Album. The current owner of the guitar is not known and, as with many such auctions, has requested anonymity.
When the instrument is exhibited tomorrow in Monterey, California, Sotheby claims that it is “the first time that the guitar has occurred in a public perspective for 40 years.” The actual auction takes place at the end of October if the guitar is expected to bring in between $ 2 and $ 3 million.
The sale will not be the first time that Van Halen's axes was launched. At the end of 2020, just two months after his death, three of them sold from Juliens auction for $ 422,000. One was actually a prop -guitar that the children's actor used in Van Halen's “Hot for Teacher” video.
Since then, the value of Van Halen's collection has increased clearly. In 2023, the actual “Franconian Strate”, which he played in the same “Hot for Teacher” clip, lasted more than $ 1 million than expected for 3.9 million US dollars.