Julien’s Auctions has announced the Property From the Estate of Walter Becker auction. The two-day event, featuring a collection of guitars and other gear belonging to late Steely Dan co-founder, guitarist and songwriter Walter Becker, is scheduled for October 18 and 19.
According to Julien’s, instruments and gear in the auction include:
— An original signature model #1 Sadowsky guitar, which went into production while Becker played this prototype extensively on stage (estimate: $10,000-$15,000)
— An early example of an Excel model archtop guitar, hand built by luthier John D'Angelico, with a spruce top and maple body with a sunburst finish, fitted with a Grover DeLuxe tailpiece, ebony bridge and fretboard (estimate: $10,000-$15,000)
— A rare Senorita S.6 model guitar manufactured briefly in the mid-Thirties by Bacon Banjo (estimate: $10,000-$15,000)
— A double cutaway Strat-style Hahn guitar that was one of Becker’s favorite stage instruments, with a green sparkle finish and fitted with a solid maple neck above three single coil pickups (estimate: $8,000-$10,000)
— A 1961 Fender Stratocaster electric guitar with a double cutaway alder body (estimate: $10,000-$12,000)
— A 1952 or 1953 Gibson JS-200 Custom jumbo sized flat top acoustic guitar with a sunburst finish (estimate: $8,000-$10,000)
— A 1928 Martin 00 size flat top guitar with a mahogany body and neck, a herringbone-banded spruce top inlaid with an unusual pickguard, an ebony bridge and a fret board with split diamond inlay (estimate: $8,000-$12,000)
— A 1955 Gibson ES-5 archtop electric guitar with a natural finish, and a maple body and spruce top (estimate: $8,000-$10,000)
— A 1958 and 1959 Fender Precision Bass (each estimated: $8,000-$10,000)
— A 1965 Fender Jazz Bass in its original, now yellowed Olympic White finish (estimate: $8,000-$10,000)
— A 1957 Fender Duo-Sonic electric guitar which can be seen with Becker in a photograph used in the liner notes to the 1977 Steely Dan album Aja (estimate: $4,000-$6,000)
— A James Tyler Classic model solid body electric made for, and played often by Becker (estimate: $3,000-$5,000)
— An extensively stage played Ian Anderson Standard electric guitar (estimate: $3,000-$5,000)
— An early Bogner Ecstacy 100B amplifier head which was a favorite of Becker’s, along with its various successors (estimate: $2,000-$3,000)
— A Satellite amplifier head made for and used extensively by Becker (estimate: $1,000-$2,000)
— A custom MESA/Boogie open back 2X12 speaker cabinet which featured prominently as part of Becker's onstage rig (estimate: $500-$700)
For more information on the Property From the Estate of Walter Becker auction, head to Julien’s.
