A 1966 Corvette Sting Ray once owned and driven by legendary rocker Slash of Guns N’ Roses proved to be even more popular than expected at a memorabilia auction Thursday.
Predicted to bring between $100,000 and $200,000 at the 20th anniversary event “Played, Worn, & Torn: Rock ‘N’ Roll Iconic Guitars and Memorabilia” auction organized by Julien’s of Beverly Hills, the Sting Ray wound up fetching a whopping $227,500.
Slash’s former ride contains several customized features he reportedly chose himself, including dark tinted windows for privacy after he allegedly grew tired of being harassed at a stoplight by people in another car giving him “the longhorns” as he later described the gesture. That way, he was able to “finally [stop] paying attention to the people around me.”
The car still wears the shiny black paint applied in 2011 that remains in nice condition, and the leather bucket seats were also redone that same year. The air conditioner was replaced in 2017, and new tires were installed in 2019.
The odometer reads 35,164 miles, though that number can’t be verified. The car is nicely equipped with a 427/390 horsepower big block engine and a four-speed manual transmission, along with power steering, power brakes, spinner-less rally wheels, and a ’67 big block hood with a red stinger.
Slash bought the car in 1988, one of his first big purchases during the band’s meteoric rise to stardom, but said at the time of the 2011 Julien’s auction when he sold it for $108,000: “I hated to part with it, but it never gets driven. I’m always on the road.”
His former C2 classic is part of a big anniversary event for Julien’s, which has gathered more than 1,000 historic items owned and used by a lineup of music legends like Kurt Cobain, Nirvana, Eric Clapton, Elvis Presley, Prince, The Beatles, Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Janis Joplin, Pete Townshend, Johnny Cash, Albert King, Dolly Parton, Eddie Van Halen, Frank Zappa, Dee Dee Ramone, Maurice Gibb of the Bee Gees, Johnny Rotten of the Sex Pistols, Bono from U2, Kirk Hammett of Metallica, and more.
Also Thursday, a guitar played by Eric Clapton while he was a member of Cream sold for $1,270,000, said to be the most expensive Clapton guitar ever sold at auction. Known as Clapton’s Fool Guitar, it was custom-painted with a psychedelic print by founding members of the Dutch art collective – Marijke Koger and Simon Posthuma – who became known as “The Fool.”
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The Fool went on to design costumes for the Beatles during their broadcast performance of “All You Need is Love” and in their 1967 movie “Magical Mystery Tour.”
The auction runs through Saturday, Nov. 18 live for the first time at Hard Rock Café Nashville and online at Julien’s Live.
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This is a very cool looking C2. What does he mean by people giving him “the longhorns”?
Hello Robert,
It is a heavy metal rock gesture which is extending the index and pinky fingers up while holding the ring and index fingers inwards to the palm of the hand.
Ronnie James Dio made it famous during his career and used by many other is the metal and rock and roll industry.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sign_of_the_horns
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