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SOME EXPENSIVE MUSIC MEMORABILIA

Pink Floyd Ilustrado: David Gilmour · Prog Magazine 2019-03
David Jon Gilmour (78)

Music memorabilia has always been popular with collectors,
and there have been several items with truly extraordinary
price tags.

According to Guitar World, a 1954 Fender Stratocaster owned
by David Gilmour of Pink Floyd sold for $1.8 million at a 2019
Christie’s auction, while one owned by Jerry Garcia of the
Grateful Dead sold for $1.9 million in 2017.

Famous guitars associated with a single iconic musical
performance have fetched huge prices at auction houses.

The biggest by far is the Martin D-18E acoustic played by
Nirvana’s Kurt Cobain at the band’s “MTV Unplugged”
performance, which sold in 2020 for more than $6 million,
making it the most expensive guitar ever sold.
(by Daniel Bukszpan)

Il nuovo album dei Pink Floyd svela che esiste ancora la loro originalità

How Did The Grateful Dead Get A Huge Archive Of Material? Jerry Garcia Is Unsure But The LSD ...
Jerome John Garcia (August 1, 1942 – August 9, 1995)

The Grateful Dead in 1970, in a rural setting – Bill Kreutzmann, Ron
The Grateful Dead in 1970, in a rural setting – Bill
Kreutzmann, Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, Jerry Garcia,
Bob Weir, Mickey Hart, and Phil Lesh.

Top Moments of Nirvana's Lead Singer, Kurt Cobain | Austin City Limits Radio | 97.1 FM
Kurt Donald Cobain (February 20, 1967 – c. April 5, 1994)

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REMAINS OF WWII AIRMAN ARE IDENTIFIED

The crew of Little Joe, with Sanford G. Roy circled in red.  / Credit: Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency 
The crew of “Little Joe”, with Sanford G. Roy circled in red.   Defense (POW/MIA) Accounting Agency.

According to military officials this week, the remains of a World
War II airman were identified 80 years after his plane was shot
down during a bombing mission in Germany.

In the spring of 1944, U.S. Army Air Force Tech. Sgt. Sanford G.
Roy, of Chattanooga, Tennessee, was assigned to the 732nd Bombardment Squadron in the European Theater. 

A news release from the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency 
said Roy and several other airmen were aboard the B-24H
Liberator "Little Joe" on a bombing mission to Brunswick,
Germany on April 8.

The plane was shot down by German forces and other airmen
flying near the aircraft did not report seeing any crew members
exiting "Little Joe" before it crashed. His name was engraved
on the Walls of the Missing at the Netherlands American
Cemetery.
 

Sanford G. Roy. / Credit: Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Sanford G. Roy.

Images Aviation Airplane B-24H Liberator Painting Art 3516x1758

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PHONY GUITARS SEIZED BY FEDERAL AGENTS

collection of fake Gibson guitars


U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials in
Los Angeles
seized more than $18 million in fake Gibson guitars in the
largest counterfeit musical instrument seizure in history.  

Working with local and federal agencies at the LA/Long
Beach Seaport, agents intercepted the suspected cargo
arriving in ocean containers
from Asia. 

In total, agents seized more than 3,000 counterfeit guitars
and had they been genuine, the value would have been
more than $18.74 million.

(FOX NEWS)

headstock of fake gibson guitar

Fake Gibson guitars

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ICONIC BRAND NAME HAS BEEN CHANGED

Vintage Postcard - Campbell's Kids Soup Advertising Card No. 3, 1910 | Campbell soup, Vintage ...
1910

CAMDEN, N.J. (WKRC/CNN Newsource) – One of the United States’
most iconic brands has changed its name.

Campbell’s Soup shareholders have officially approved a name
change for the iconic brand allowing the company to drop "Soup"
from its corporate title. The company will now be known as "The Campbell’s Company."

Leaders of the company explained that the decision reflects the
broader scope of Campbell’s offerings beyond soup.

The company said that there’s more to Campbell’s these days
than just soup, noting that soup now constitutes a smaller
portion of the company’s overall sales.

The company was started in 1869 by Joseph A. Campbell, a
fruit merchant from
Bridgeton, New Jersey, and Abraham
Anderson
, an icebox manufacturer from South Jersey.They
produced canned
tomatoes, vegetables, jellies, soups,
condiments, and minced meats.

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Joseph Albert Campbell
(1817 – 1900)

Campbell's Soup Maker Finalizes New Company Name | Positive Encouraging K-LOVE

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Entrance to Campbell’s headquarters in Camden, New Jersey

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