Tony Saks Rickenbacker 365 FG

[kennyhowes]

Anyone know where this one wound up?

https://www.rickresource.com/rrp/raritiesbeatle.html

[admin]

Not I, Kenny. After Tony Saks passed on it was willed to his daughter who auctioned it in 1997. It is rumoured to have sold to a Japanese collector. Hey, Tuck Hersey where is it?

[doctorwho]

https://www.meetthebeatlesforreal.com/2 ... s-fan.html

"... Tony Saks passed away in 1987, leaving the famed Beatles guitar in his will to his daughter. She hung onto the guitar for 10 years and then through Bonham’s auction house in 1997, auctioned it off for an unknown amount. No one is quite sure where the guitar is today, but many speculate that it was bought by a collector in Japan and is either in a museum in Japan or in a private collection. ..."

That's pretty much all I could find on it online.

[admin]

https://www.meetthebeatlesforreal.com/2 ... s-fan.html

"... Tony Saks passed away in 1987, leaving the famed Beatles guitar in his will to his daughter. She hung onto the guitar for 10 years and then through Bonham’s auction house in 1997, auctioned it off for an unknown amount. No one is quite sure where the guitar is today, but many speculate that it was bought by a collector in Japan and is either in a museum in Japan or in a private collection. ..."

That's pretty much all I could find on it online.

Exactly, Gary. I suspect Rickenbacker enthusiasts will find it yet. Such a famous guitar, it has to be tucked away in some collection.

[admin]

There has also been some discussion that the gold signatures on the guitar do not seem to resemble closely the signatures of John, Paul, George and Ringo. Some have speculated that the signatures on the guitar were provided by a member of the Fab Four staff. Time for some more digging in handwriting analysis, perhaps.