Noel Gallagher guitar auction
A guitar Noel Gallagher used while writing Oasis’s (What’s the Story) Morning Glory? is going to Sotheby’s and could sell for as much as £60,000 — a reminder that Oasis artifacts still command serious collector money. Coverage emphasizes this isn’t generic merch but an instrument tied directly to the creation of one of the band’s defining albums. (nme.com) (bbc.com) (euronews.com)
A signed Epiphone EJ-200 that Noel Gallagher used during the writing and recording period for Oasis’s 1995 album *What’s the Story) Morning Glory?* is heading to Sotheby’s with an estimate of £45,000 to £60,000, and online bidding opens on April 9. (nme.com) This is not a stage prop from a later tour or a piece of band-branded merchandise. Sotheby’s is selling it as the actual acoustic guitar tied to the sessions that produced songs like “Wonderwall,” “Don’t Look Back In Anger,” and “Champagne Supernova.” (euronews.com) The model matters because the Epiphone EJ-200 is the big-bodied acoustic that became part of Noel Gallagher’s visual and songwriting identity in the mid-1990s. Reports on the sale say the instrument is also signed and comes with a certificate of authenticity linking it to the *Morning Glory* sessions. (rollingstone.co.uk) The album attached to it is one of the biggest records Britain produced in that decade. *What’s the Story) Morning Glory?* sold 350,000 copies in its first week and went on to become the best-selling British album of the 1990s, with more than 22 million copies sold worldwide. (euronews.com) That scale is why collectors pay up for objects with a direct line to the songs themselves. A guitar used while the record was being written is closer to the blueprint than a later souvenir, which is why Sotheby’s is grouping it with a handwritten “Don’t Look Back In Anger” lyric sheet and a Noel Gallagher-owned Rickenbacker 12-string. (nme.com) The backstory adds another layer collectors care about. Sotheby’s specialist Craig Inciardi said Gallagher gave the guitar to a member of Oasis’s crew, and that crew member later sold it to the current owner. (rollingstone.co.uk) Auction houses love that kind of chain of custody because it turns a claim into a paper trail. In this case, the sale is being positioned as the first time this particular EJ-200 has ever come to auction. (nme.com) There is already a recent Oasis benchmark for how hot this market can run. In September 2024, a Noel Gallagher guitar linked to “Supersonic” sold for more than £130,000 at auction, well above the estimate reported at the time. (bbc.com) So the £60,000 ceiling on this sale is less a cap than an opening argument. If enough bidders decide they are not buying a guitar but buying a piece of the *Morning Glory* writing room, the final number could move fast. (guitar.com)
