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Lot Essay
Who Are You was the last Who album Keith Moon appeared on.
Details
John Entwistle/The Who
A c. 1959 Fender Precision Bass guitar, Serial No. 33194, in sunburst finish, double cutaway body, maple neck with skunk stripe routing, twenty fret fingerboard with dot inlays, single pickup, two rotary controls, handrest, bridge/tailblock and gold anodised pickguard, signed in blue felt pen on the pickguard by Pete Townshend and on the body by John Entwistle and Roger Daltrey, additionally inscribed in Entwistle's hand Who Are You?, played on the Who Are You? album, 1978; and a rectangular brown hardshell case
A c. 1959 Fender Precision Bass guitar, Serial No. 33194, in sunburst finish, double cutaway body, maple neck with skunk stripe routing, twenty fret fingerboard with dot inlays, single pickup, two rotary controls, handrest, bridge/tailblock and gold anodised pickguard, signed in blue felt pen on the pickguard by Pete Townshend and on the body by John Entwistle and Roger Daltrey, additionally inscribed in Entwistle's hand Who Are You?, played on the Who Are You? album, 1978; and a rectangular brown hardshell case
Provenance
Ex-lot 70, from The Property Of John Entwistle Esq included in Rock 'n' Roll Memorabilia 1956-1984, Sotheby's, London, 7th April, 1988
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.