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Oasis 'Supersonic' guitar sells for over £130K

PA Media A member of staff at Sotheby's holds the guitar, which is a sunburst design.PA Media
The guitar, pictured being sold at Sotheby's, was also used during a number of the band's early live performances

A guitar once owned by Oasis's Noel Gallagher that featured in the video for the band's debut single Supersonic has sold at auction for more than £130,000.

The Epiphone Les Paul standard electric guitar was played by Gallagher in the lead-up to the final recording of Oasis’s debut album Definitely Maybe.

It was also used during a number of the band's early live performances, including at the Boardwalk in Manchester, Gleneagles in Scotland, and Water Rats in London.

The guitar was listed by Sotheby's with a sales estimate of £60,000 to £80,000, but the final sale price soared to £132,000. It comes after the Gallagher brothers recently announced they would be reuniting for a 2025 tour following their acrimonious split in 2009.

PA Media Noel Gallagher pictured on the left, in a light green jacket, and his brother, Liam, wearing shades and standing to Noel's right, wearing a black jacket and black and white cravat.PA Media
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Prior to the final recording of 1994’s Definitely Maybe at Sawmills Studio, the guitar was owned and used by Gallagher in sessions at Out Of The Blue Studios in Manchester and Monnow Valley Studios in Wales.

It also featured in the cover artwork for their debut single and was one of four guitars previously used by Gallagher that went under the hammer during Sotheby’s inaugural popular culture sale.

Two more of the guitars used by Gallagher also sold for high price tags, with his Epiphone EA-250 electric guitar selling at £48,000, far above its £20,000 to £30,000 estimate.

A 1980 Gibson Flying V Guitar, previously owned by The Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr and used by Gallagher in the recording of Oasis’s 1994 track Cigarettes and Alcohol, sold for £36,000.

Head of popular culture at Sotheby’s, Katherine Schofield, said: “It’s a fitting tribute to celebrate, not only the 30th Anniversary of Definitely Maybe, but also the recent announcement of the long-awaited Oasis reunion."

She said it was "thrilling to see such strong and competitive bidding for these culturally significant guitars, previously used by Noel Gallagher".

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