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    UPDATE: Coldplaying members spend £70,000 in the clearout auctions (over £250,000 raised)

    parachutes1.jpgColdplaying messageboarders have splashed out on some major auctions in Coldplay's 'End Of Decade Clearout Sale' hosted on eBay. In total, Coldplayers from this site have spent almost £70,000 ($120,000) on treasured items over the last few days.

     

    The original Parachutes globe (as seen on the cover of the first album, pictured) was won by Coldplayer NumbersGirl for a whopping £8,100 - around $13,000. Moments earlier, another Coldplayer lo&loud had announced that he was the proud owner of Chris Martin's Takamine guitar from the Parachutes tour, which was quickly followed up with Chris's Fender Rhodes piano.

     

    In other noteable auctions, Jonny's Fender Thinline Telecaster was won by Texasluvsjonny for £3,500 and Chris' Gibson J200 KC1 as used to play "Til Kingdom Come" was bought by Afeather for £5100. Chris' Gibson J200 M1 used to play "A Message" went to bonedaddy for £5650 and the outfit worn by Chris Martin in the Strawberry Swing video didn't quite go for a 'song' - it finally fetched a massive £6100 - now owned by lo&loud who won four auctions overall.

     

    UPDATE: Jonny Buckland's Viva guitar has been won by Jason-DeBord, the author of the Original Prob blog we mentioned below. The guitar fetched £15,000. In addition, Chris Martin's Yamaha CP70 keyboard has been claimed by messageboarder christopher Martin, who bought it for £4,000.

    UPDATE: The total bids for Coldplayers (at least for those who have mentioned their wins on this thread) is approximately £70,000 ($120,000). That's about 25% of the total amount raised in the auction! Way to go, Coldplayers! Here are the current list of items won by members of the Coldplaying messageboard [thanks NumbersGirl]:

     

    Lot 3 - Takamine Guitar - lo&loud - £5,800

    Lot 6 - Parachutes Globe - NumbersGirl - £8,100

    Lot 8 - Chris' Yamaha CP70 - christopher Martin - £4,000

    Lot 9 - Fender Rhodes piano - lo&loud - £2,505

    Lot 13 - Shiver Lith - DriftedFar^ - approx £600

    Lot 15 - Don't Panic Lith #1 - Pallavi - £650

    Lot 17 - Jonny's Fender Thinline Telecaster - Texasluvsjonny - £3,500

    Lot 23 - Jonny's AROBTTH poster - Sirhc - £820

    Lot 27 - Yellow Lith #1 - DriftedFar^ - £1,021.83

    Lot 31 - Chris' Gibson J200 "Til Kingdom Come" - Afeather - £5,100

    Lot 32 - Chris' Gibson J200 "A Message" - bonedaddy - £5,650

    Lot 38 - Will's Drum from "Talk" video - lo&loud - £1,850

    Lot 39 - Jonny's Viva Guitar - Jason-DeBord - £15,000

    Lot 45 - Autoharp - silver.lining42 - £3,600

    Lot 46 - Guy's Viva Jacket - Afeather - £4,800

    Lot 52 - Strawberry Swing Outfit - lo&loud - £6,100

     

    Coldplay offered memorabilia for auction for their “End of Decade Clearout Sale”, with auctions having ended on New Year’s Eve, writes Original Prop blog. The instruments, wardrobe, and other memorabilia items auctioned on eBay raised over $400,000 (£250,000) for their designated charity, Kids Company. Items offered at auction covered each of Coldplay’s albums and performances from each era, including Parachutes, A Rush of Blood to the Head, X&Y, and the latest Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends.

     

    Included in the sale were instruments used in studio to record albums, in live concerts, and in videos, as well as other memorabilia and autographed lithographs. Items include certificates of authenticity signed by all four members of Coldplay – Chris Martin (lead vocals, keyboards, guitar), Jonny Buckland (lead guitar), Guy Berryman (bass guitar), and Will Champion (drums, backing vocals, other instruments).

     

    The pieces that realized the highest values were the guitars that were custom painted for the Viva La Vida album and tour, which all ended on the final auction day on 31st December, with Jonny Buckland’s “Viva” Fender ‘72 Thinline Telecaster realizing over $24,000 and Chris Martin’s four painted Gibson’s selling fetching approximately $20,000, $20,000, $16,000, and $16,000 each. Chris Martin’s tour jacket sold for nearly $20,000 and his painted Vox Teardrop guitar realizing $13,000. On the first day of the sale, Chris Martin’s first guitar sold for $13,000 and the original light-up globe that is featured on the Parachutes album cover sold for the same. Key instruments used for the Viva La Vida tour will continue to be used by the band through mid-March 2010 while they finish their last dates in Latin America.

     

    There were also some incredible bargains sprinkled throughout the sale, such as Lot 7, Chris Martin’s old acoustic amp, which is clearly seen throughout their “Shiver” video with “COLDPLAY” sprayed over the side – this sold for about $1,700 – less than many of the limited lithographs. Also selling for a relatively reasonable amount were Lots 8 & 9 – pianos/keyboards used early in the band’s career going for just $6,400 and $4,000 respectively. These two pieces were listing on eBay.co.uk only, due to the “pick-up only” stipulation due to their size.

     

    This just in from Anchorman at Coldplay.com:

     

    Good morning - and happy new year! The End of Decade Clearout Sale of Coldplay memorabilia and instruments reached its conclusion yesterday evening amid some frantic last-minute bidding. We're very pleased to reveal that the final total raised by the auction is an amazing £251,482 (which is roughly €284k / $407k). That included six items which sold for more than £10,000 - including Jonny's beloved Viva guitar, which was the top-priced item, at a whopping £15,000. The money will all go towards Kids Company's incredible work with children and young people in London.

     

    The text messages were flying around last night and it's fair to say that the band are just as excited/grateful/amazed by the enormous total as Kids Company are. A huge thanks to everyone who bid and helped make the Clearout Sale such a success. Kids Company are currently contacting all the winning bidders with info about payment and delivery costs etc, with dispatch of the items due to begin on Monday (January 4th). Anchorman

     

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    Jonny's beloved Viva guitar was the top-priced item, at a whopping $24,015.75 (£15,000).

     

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    Just some of the guitars that were up for auction

     

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    Chris Martin's Takamine guitar as seen in use during the early Parachutes days - now owned by lo&loud

     

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    This Fender Rhodes piano brought Guy Berryman and Chris Martin together before the band was formed - this has also been bought by lo&loud

     

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    The original Parachutes globe as featured on the cover of the first album is sold for $13,000 and is now in the hands of a Coldplayer!

     

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    Some of the items can clearly be seen in the original Shiver video from ten years ago

     

    Below is a list of the prices realized at auction for all items, sorted by price from highest to lowest in U.S. dollars (the $16.01 Lithographs were special 'Buy It Now' listings to reward fans):

     

    ■$24,015.75 Coldplay EODCS Lot 39: Jonny’s Viva Thinline ‘72 Tele

    ■$20,413.39 Coldplay EODCS Lot 43: Chris’s Gibson Blues King spare1

    ■$19,372.71 Coldplay EODCS Lot 40: Chris’s Gibson Blues King

    ■$19,212.60 Coldplay EODCS Lot 46: Chris’s Viva tour jacket

    ■$16,090.55 Coldplay EODCS Lot 41: Chris’s Gibson Blues King 3

    ■$16,010.50 Coldplay EODCS Lot 44: Chris’s Gibson Blues King spare2

    ■$13,000.53 Coldplay EODCS Lot 33: Chris’s white Vox Teardrop

    ■$12,968.51 Coldplay EODCS Lot 1: Chris Martin’s first ever guitar!

    ■$12,968.51 Coldplay EODCS Lot 6: The original Parachutes globe

    ■$10,566.93 Coldplay EODCS Lot 50: Jonny’s Telecaster "42"

    ■$9,766.41 Coldplay EODCS Lot 52: Chris’s Strawberry Swing outfit

    ■$9,286.09 Coldplay EODCS Lot 3: Chris’s Takamine acoustic guitar

    ■$9,045.93 Coldplay EODCS Lot 32: Chris’s Gibson J200 M1 guitar

    ■$8,325.46 Coldplay EODCS Lot 51: Jonny’s Fender ‘72 Tele Thinline

    ■$8,165.36 Coldplay EODCS Lot 31: Chris’s Gibson J200 acoustic KC1

    ■$7,685.04 Coldplay EODCS Lot 46: Guy’s Viva tour jacket

    ■$6,964.57 Coldplay EODCS Lot 46: Jonny’s Viva tour jacket

    ■$6,804.46 Coldplay EODCS Lot 2: Guy’s Blue Rickenbacker 4001 bass

    ■$6,404.20 Coldplay EODCS Lot 8: Chris’s Yamaha CP70

    ■$6,164.04 Coldplay EODCS Lot 46: Will’s Viva tour jacket

    ■$6,164.04 Coldplay EODCS Lot 47: Guy’s Jag bass guitar

    ■$5,763.78 Coldplay EODCS Lot 45: Coldplay’s Viva Autoharp

    ■$5,603.68 Coldplay EODCS Lot 17: Jonny’s Fender ‘Thinline’ Tele

    ■$5,123.36 Coldplay EODCS Lot 30: Chris’s spare black Deluxe Tele

    ■$4,482.94 Coldplay EODCS Lot 18: Jonny’s Black Fender JD Tele

    ■$4,082.68 Coldplay EODCS Lot 35: Jonny’s X&Y platinum disc signed

    ■$4,010.63 Coldplay EODCS Lot 9: Chris’s Fender Rhodes piano

    ■$3,770.47 Coldplay EODCS Lot 48: Jonny’s Viva cap

    ■$3,762.47 Coldplay EODCS Lot 37: Chris’s X&Y platinum disc signed

    ■$3,759.95 Coldplay EODCS Lot 20: Guy’s Guild SG-style bass guitar

    ■$3,282.15 Coldplay EODCS Lot 5: Guy’s Fender Squier bass guitar

    ■$2,961.94 Coldplay EODCS Lot 38: Will’s drum from Talk video

    ■$2,801.84 Coldplay EODCS Lot 28: Guy’s travel guitar

    ■$2,641.73 Coldplay EODCS Lot 16: Will’s Yahama Manu Katche snare

    ■$2,481.63 Coldplay EODCS Lot 23: Signed AROBTTH poster Chris

    ■$2,177.43 Coldplay EODCS Lot 27: Signed Yellow lithograph (9of10)

    ■$1,961.29 Coldplay EODCS Lot 27: Signed Yellow lithograph (8of10)

    ■$1,921.26 Coldplay EODCS Lot 27: Signed Yellow lithograph (6of10)

    ■$1,921.26 Coldplay EODCS Lot 27: Signed Yellow lithograph (7of10)

    ■$1,873.23 Coldplay EODCS Lot 14: Signed Parachutes lith (2 of 10)

    ■$1,873.23 Coldplay EODCS Lot 14: Signed Parachutes lith (10of10)

    ■$1,777.17 Coldplay EODCS Lot 19: Guy’s Marlin steel guitar

    ■$1,745.14 Coldplay EODCS Lot 27: Signed Yellow lithograph (4of10)

    ■$1,713.12 Coldplay EODCS Lot 27: Signed Yellow lithograph (5of10)

    ■$1,682.70 Coldplay EODCS Lot 7: Chris’s Marshall acoustic amp

    ■$1,636.00 Coldplay EODCS Lot 27: Signed Yellow lithograph (1of10)

    ■$1,636.00 Coldplay EODCS Lot 27: Signed Yellow lithograph (2of10)

    ■$1,633.07 Coldplay EODCS Lot 29: Signed football shirts (2 of 2)

    ■$1,615.19 Coldplay EODCS Lot 27: Signed Yellow lithograph (3of10)

    ■$1,613.86 Coldplay EODCS Lot 4: Will’s Kay Les Paul copy & amp

    ■$1,602.65 Coldplay EODCS Lot 25: Jonny’s old effects pedals

    ■$1,601.05 Coldplay EODCS Lot 21: Signed AROBTTH lith (1 of 10)

    ■$1,553.02 Coldplay EODCS Lot 23: Signed AROBTTH poster Will

    ■$1,474.57 Coldplay EODCS Lot 21: Signed AROBTTH lith (3 of 10)

    ■$1,472.97 Coldplay EODCS Lot 21: Signed AROBTTH lith (2 of 10)

    ■$1,472.97 Coldplay EODCS Lot 21: Signed AROBTTH lith (4 of 10)

    ■$1,472.97 Coldplay EODCS Lot 22: Signed In My Place lith (9of10)

    ■$1,464.96 Coldplay EODCS Lot 21: Signed AROBTTH lith (8 of 10)

    ■$1,450.55 Coldplay EODCS Lot 21: Signed AROBTTH lith (9 of 10)

    ■$1,440.95 Coldplay EODCS Lot 22: Signed In My Place lith (8of10)

    ■$1,392.91 Coldplay EODCS Lot 22: Signed In My Place lith (6of10)

    ■$1,376.90 Coldplay EODCS Lot 21: Signed AROBTTH lith (5 of 10)

    ■$1,376.90 Coldplay EODCS Lot 22: Signed In My Place lith (7of10)

    ■$1,328.87 Coldplay EODCS Lot 21: Signed AROBTTH lith (6 of 10)

    ■$1,328.87 Coldplay EODCS Lot 21: Signed AROBTTH lith (7 of 10)

    ■$1,328.87 Coldplay EODCS Lot 22: Signed In My Place lith (4of10)

    ■$1,316.06 Coldplay EODCS Lot 22: Signed In My Place lith (5of10)

    ■$1,312.86 Coldplay EODCS Lot 23: Signed AROBTTH poster Jonny

    ■$1,312.86 Coldplay EODCS Lot 34: Signed X&Y cover lith (3of10)

    ■$1,312.86 Coldplay EODCS Lot 34: Signed X&Y cover lith (4of10)

    ■$1,312.86 Coldplay EODCS Lot 34: Signed X&Y cover lith (6of10)

    ■$1,312.86 Coldplay EODCS Lot 34: Signed X&Y cover lith (8of10)

    ■$1,285.61 Coldplay EODCS Lot 34: Signed X&Y cover lith (10of10)

    ■$1,284.04 Coldplay EODCS Lot 22: Signed In My Place lith (1of10)

    ■$1,280.84 Coldplay EODCS Lot 22: Signed In My Place lith (2of10)

    ■$1,280.84 Coldplay EODCS Lot 22: Signed In My Place lith (3of10)

     




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