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Who star's #1.1m sale 
by JOHN INNES 

ROCK legend John Entwistles 150 guitars - and almost
everything else he owned - fetched #1.1 million at
Sothebys in London yesterday, twice as much as
expected. 

Fans from all over the world - including America,
Australia, Japan, Germany and Switzerland - flocked to
the saleroom for the disposal of The Who stars
collection of instruments, suits of armour, antique
firearms, stage costumes and awards as well as casts
of big-game fish he caught. The auction was ordered by
Entwistles family to pay crippling death duties. 

Highlights of the sale included his rare 1958 Gibson
Explorer guitar, which fetched #95,200 from an
American fan. 

Entwistles favourite guitar - a pink Fender Precision
bass, affectionately known as Frankenstein after he
put it together from five smashed instruments - went
to a British fan for #62,400, ten times more than
anticipated. 

Entwistle, 57, regarded as one of the worlds greatest
bass guitarists, died from a heart attack after taking
drugs with a stripper in a Las Vegas hotel last June. 

His son, Chris, 31, said: "Dad would have hated it.
The government want 40 per cent of my fathers estate,
including the house. The only way to raise the money
is to sell." 

Entwistle teamed up with Pete Townshend, Roger Daltrey
and Keith Moon to form The Who in 1964. 

Their hits included My Generation, Substitute, Im a
Boy, Happy Jack, Pictures of Lily and Pinball Wizard.


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-Brian in Atlanta
The Who This Month!
http://www.thewhothismonth.com

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