{
  "id": 11894214,
  "title": "Noel Gallagher guitar sells for £12,000 at auction",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/04/noel-gallagher-guitar-sells-for-12-000-at-auction",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-04T09:38:31.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "KahawaTungu",
    "slug": "kahawatungu",
    "url": "https://kahawatungu.com/noel-gallagher-guitar-sells-for-12000-at-auction/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A guitar once owned by Noel Gallagher was sold for £12,000 at auction in Worcestershire. The Epiphone instrument, produced in 1997, was one of several items from Huw Richards' collection. Richards, Gallagher's former front-of-house sound engineer, owned the guitar, which was one of five identical ones gifted to Gallagher by Epiphone. Richards received the guitar after it was later passed down to him by Littleton Auctions. The auction also featured a Kangol rain jacket, sold for £2,000, and a set of unreleased Oasis recordings, known as The Desk Tapes, valued between £1.2m and £1.6m, but ultimately pulled from the auction due to a legal dispute between the band and the auction house.",
  "summary": "A guitar which originally belonged to Noel Gallagher has been sold for £12,000 at auction. The limited edition Epiphone instrument in Manchester City blue was one of a number of items put up for sale by the son of Huw Richards, a former front-of-house sound engineer with the band. Another of the items in his [...] The post Noel Gallagher guitar sells for £12,000 at auction appeared first on…",
  "key_points": [
    "Noel Gallagher's guitar sold for £12,000 at Worcestershire auction",
    "Epiphone guitar, produced in 1997, one of five identical gifts",
    "Auction included Kangol rain jacket (£2,000) and unreleased Oasis recordings"
  ],
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}