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The first guitar Jimi Hendrix set alight sells for 280k at auction
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Friday 5th September, 2008 (ANI)
London, September 5 : The first guitar later rocker Jimi Hendrix set alight on stage fetched 280,000 pounds at an auction on Thursday night.
The Fender Stratocaster was torched by Hendrix at the end of a London gig in 1967.
The flames were extinguished by roadies, and the rock legend was treated for minor burns.
Hendrix later became famous for burning guitars.
His press officer had kept the original Fender guitar that was sold on Thursday.
The guitar was found by the press officer's nephew last year.
Music collector Daniel Boucher, 51, is said to have purchased the guitar.
Boucher travelled all the way from Boylston in Massachusetts, US, to the auction in Shoreditch, East London.
The guitar had been expected to fetch 500,000 pounds.
"I thought I'd have to pay a little bit more for it. I'm going to play it - I hope some of it rubs off on me," British tabloid The Sun quoted Boucher as saying.
Other items that were also put up for sale were The Beatles' first contract, which sold for 10,000 pounds less than its 250,000 pounds estimate.
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