If you had your heart set on owning Prince’s Yellow Cloud guitar, we hate to be the bearer of bad news — the iconic instrument was sold at Heritage Auctions in Beverly Hills, California this weekend to Indiana Colts owner (and music memorabilia collector) Jim Irsay to the nice tune of $137,500. Yellow Cloud made a place for itself in musical history, making appearances in many of Prince’s videos from the late ’80s and early ’90s, including “Cream†and “Gett Off.â€
As Prince’s former guitar technician Zeke Clark wrote on the Heritage Auctions site, “This Yellow Cloud guitar was Princes (sic) main guitar & used in most of his early videos & touring performances & album recordings. From around 1988-1994. In 1994 he broke the neck of this guitar at a French T.V. show. After returning to U.S.A. I repaired neck & installed the first Floyd Rose set up Prince ever played. And then used in recording more albums, up until the symbol guitar was born.â€
Also sold at this weekend’s auction — a lock of David Bowie’s hair, snipped in 1983 by a Madam Tussaud’s employee, which went for $18,750; as well as Whitney Houston’s first U.S. passport and 2006 California driver’s license, which went for undisclosed prices. The perks of being rich, eh?