The seven-time Grammy winner’s yellow Cloud 3 electric guitar just hammered down for an eye-watering $910,000 during Julien’s far exceeded its original estimate, which was thought to be somewhere between $400,000 and $600,000. Previously, the late rocker’s teal-blue Cloud sold for a recordPee-Wee Herman’s Personal Playhouse in L.A. Could Be Yours for $5 Millionin the Purple One’s career.
Minnesota’s Dave Rusan built the guitar for His Royal Badness in 1985. Interestingly, the Cloud 3 was originally painted white that same year by Mark Sampson and later stripped and repainted in peach by Barry Haugen. The “Lemon Yellow Shimrin” shade appeared later and is what remains on the guitar today. In 1993, the Cloud 3 was gifted to a fan during a promotional giveaway in partnership with New York City-based radio station Z100.
Additionally, a 1965 Fender Telecaster that belonged to Robbie Robertson, the lead guitarist for Bob Dylan, ignited a bidding war before it sold for a record $650,000. The lineup also included Bono’s U2-signed 2005 Gretsch G6136i Irish Falcon and The Grateful Dead’s Jerry Garcia stage-played Winterland Ballroom Travis Bean electric guitar. If clothing memorabilia is more your thing,Abigail Montanez is a staff writer at Robb Report.