{"id":29398,"date":"2024-04-30T12:00:23","date_gmt":"2024-04-30T12:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/george-harrisons-sitar-sells-for-more-than-66000-at-auction\/"},"modified":"2024-04-30T12:00:23","modified_gmt":"2024-04-30T12:00:23","slug":"george-harrisons-sitar-sells-for-more-than-66000-at-auction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/george-harrisons-sitar-sells-for-more-than-66000-at-auction\/","title":{"rendered":"George Harrison\u2019s sitar sells for more than $66,000 at auction"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2024-04-29\/M_GeorgeHarrisonABC_042924.jpg\" alt><figcaption>Ann Limongello\/ABC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>George Harrison<\/strong>\u2019s first sitar sold for more than expected at a recent auction.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The instrument, which <strong>The Beatles <\/strong>member used during the recording sessions for \u201cNorwegian Wood,\u201d sold for $66,993 at <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/natedsanders.com\/George_Harrison_s_Sitar_From_1965__When_The_Beatle-LOT66868.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>Nate D. Sanders Auctions<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span class=\"s1\">, well above the minimum bid of $25,000.<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Harrison purchased the sitar in 1965 at Indiacraft on Oxford Street in London. It would\u00a0go on to inspire\u00a0his further involvement, and lifelong passion, for Indian music, culture and the Hindu religion. In 1966 he became the first Beatle to travel to India, where he would study the sitar under musician <strong>Ravi Shankar<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Nate D. Sanders Auctions was also\u00a0auctioning off\u00a0a\u00a0<strong>Keith Richards<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/natedsanders.com\/Keith_Richards__Custom_Guitar_Signed___Stage_Playe-LOT66874.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>custom-made guitar<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span class=\"s1\">,<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>which\u00a0was used during the <strong>Rolling Stones<\/strong>&#8216;\u00a0<\/span><em><span class=\"s1\">Some Girls\u00a0<\/span><\/em><span class=\"s1\">recording sessions, tour and music video, although it apparently failed to\u00a0bring in\u00a0its $400,000 minimum asking price. It is still available, though, on an offer basis.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ann Limongello\/ABC George Harrison\u2019s first sitar sold for more than expected at a recent auction. The instrument, which The Beatles member used during the recording sessions for \u201cNorwegian Wood,\u201d sold for $66,993 at Nate D. Sanders Auctions, well above the minimum bid of $25,000.\u00a0 Harrison purchased the sitar in 1965<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/george-harrisons-sitar-sells-for-more-than-66000-at-auction\/\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,43,4],"tags":[7,134,317,114,315,316,142,106],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29398"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29398"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29398\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}