King Sunny Ade’s Guitar Auctioned At N52m
A vintage fender guitar owned by legendary Nigerian musician, King Sunny Ade, was on Sunday auctioned at N52.1 million in Lagos.
The guitar which was auctiond by Dr.
Jogun Onabanjo, Certified Auctioneer and Chief Executive of Onabanjo and
Onabanjo & Co, is known to have been designed by Nigerian artist
Victor Ehikamenor.
The glittering artistic piece was
revealed at the King Sunny Ade‘s 70th birthday concert tagged Sunny on
Sunday, which had an audience comprising of Nigeria’s richest and top
celebrities.
The starting bid of nine million Naira
was followed by a very competitive bid by the well-heeled audience
consisting of influential businessmen such as Alhaji Aliko Dangote and
Mr. Femi Otedola, and more closing at N52.1 million.
While the bid was in progress, the
asking price for the guitar doubled to N17m under two minutes before
exceeding the N50m benchmark in 15 minutes.
The winner of the auction is yet to be revealed.
The concert held at the Temple Balmoral Marquee, Federal Palace Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos.
NAN
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