Did you know that The Crossroads Guitar Festival, spearheaded by Eric Clapton, joined forces with Heritage Auctions for a global online event that ends soon? The auction is showcasing unique items, including one-of-a-kind reproduction prototypes of the Crossroads Guitar Festival 25th Anniversary Guitar Collection. Guitars handpicked by participating Festival performers from Guitar Center’s vintage collection and donations from the 2023 Artists and Village Exhibitors will be featured. Profits from both the Festival and the auction will support The Crossroads Centre at Antigua, a treatment and education facility founded by Clapton for individuals struggling with chemical dependence. Read more and bid now!
Eric Clapton’s Crossroads 25th Anniversary Auction, benefiting Crossroads Centre Antigua, is in its final week for online bidding. The live in-showroom culmination is scheduled for December 8 at 6:00 p.m. at Heritage Auctions in Dallas, TX.
Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival on Friday, September 20, 2019 at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.
“It is now 25 years since the Crossroads Centre in Antigua opened its doors, helping thousands of men and women needing help with their addictions, including numerous people from the Caribbean, where little help was previously available,” Clapton said in a statement. “Crossroads continues to flourish, but it always needs funds to subsidize help for those who could not otherwise afford it.”
WORLDWIDE ONLINE BIDDING – LAST WEEK
IN SUPPORT OF CROSSROADS CENTRE ANTIGUA
REGISTER AND PLACE YOUR BIDS NOW @ HA.COM/7352
PREVIEW BY APPOINTMENT: DEC. 4-8, 2023
LIVE ONLINE & IN-SHOWROOM FINALE: DEC. 8, 2023 @ 6:00 P.M. CT
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DALLAS, TX 75261
Within the auction’s collection of 65 lots are numerous instruments bearing Clapton’s signature, including Fender Stratocasters played on stage at the 2019 and 2023 Crossroads Guitar Festivals (refer to attached photos). The 2019 Strat, a unique piece, was personally hand-painted by renowned NYC graffiti artist John “Crash” Matos. Alongside Clapton-signed guitars, the auction features lyric sheets, vinyl box sets, and a Marshall Bluesbreakers amp co-signed by John Mayall.
Also included are three guitars recently signed backstage by Clapton and 37 main stage artists who performed at Crossroads 2023 in LA: the 2007 “Blackie” Fender Strat, 70th Anniversary Gibson Les Paul, and 2023 Martin LX1. Furthermore, artists, including Joe Bonamassa, Gary Clark Jr., Sheryl Crow, Alexander Dumble Estate, Nathan East, Don Felder, Vince Gill, Sierra Hull, Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, BB King (by a friend), Eric Krasno, Albert Lee, John Mayer, John McLaughlin, Carlos Santana, Brian Setzer, Paul Stanley, Molly Tuttle, Steve Vai, Jimmie Vaughan, Grace Bowers, and Wyatt Ellis, have contributed signed instruments to this auction.
Sources: @ericclapton on X
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