11:17am Saturday 20th March 2010
A GUITAR owned and signed by Sting will go under the hammer for victims of the Cumbria floods.
The bass guitar, which is valued between £500 and £800, goes up for auction on Thursday, March 25 along with other rock memorabilia as part of Mitchells antique furniture, fine art and collector's sale in Cockermouth.
The proceeds of the auction will go to Cumbria Community Foundation’s Flood Recovery Fund, which has so far raised £2.2million.
Cumbria County Council arranged the sale after contacting Sting to see if he would help.
Mitchells director Mark Wise said: "This guitar is a real Fender Precision Bass, a proper musical instrument and not a cheap and cheerful off-the-shelf budget guitar. It is valuable in its own right and with the association and Sting's actual signature, it should prove a real investment for any musician or collector."
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