MUSIC NEWS- Beverly Hills, CA auction house, Julien's Auctions has announced an auction of property from the life and career of Johnny Cash. The auction will include items from Cash's military career, his life and partnership with June Carter Cash, into his time as a part of the Highwaymen with his friends through the end of his career. A portion (tbd) of the sale proceeds will benefit MusiCares.
Highlighted in the upcoming sale are lyrics personally writen by Cash. Lyrics include Cash's take on traditional songs, an alternate version of "Don't Take Your Guns To Town," (Est. $2,000/4,000) and many songs that he never got to record.
Also in the lot are three guitars from different periods in Cash's career; a vintage 1951 Martin guitar used by Cash in studio that later became the designated tour bus guitar (Est. $20,000/ 30,000). Second guitar is a Grammer Johnny Cash model used extensively by Cash on The Johnny Cash Show and later inscribed by Cash, "To Richard,/ Play It Pretty/Johnny Cash" ($30,000/40,000). Third up is a guitar, also a Martin
, used by Cash in the 1980s and gifted to his friend Bill Miller, featured on the cover of his live album The Survivors. It was inscribed by Cash with the first four lines of "I Walk the Line." (Est. $20,000/30,000).
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