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You Could Snag B.B. King’s ‘Lucille’ Guitar at an Upcoming Auction

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It has been announced on Tuesday, July 23rd, that B.B. King’s beloved “Lucille” is going up for auction. The King’s black Gibson ES-345 prototype guitar is among the items from his estate that will go up for bid on September 21st.

The guitar was not the first to bear the name. The story goes that King first used that moniker for a guitar he rescued from a fire while he was playing an Arkansas club in 1949. The blaze broke out as two men fought over a woman, and the musician narrowly escaped death after he went back into the club to save his guitar, the auction house said.

Julien’s says Gibson gave King the instrument for his 80th birthday. The headstock has “B.B. King 80” and a crown inlaid with mother-of-pearl. The guitar is estimated to be worth $80,000 to $100,000.


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Written by: Vipology Staff Writer

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