Lot Essay
Jeff Beck loaned this guitar to British director, screenwriter and comedian Peter Richardson for use as a prop on the 1990s cult mockumentary comedy series Stella Street, which was based on the fantastical premise that a group of British and American celebrities all decide to move to the same street in suburban Surrey. Playing the role of Keith Richards, impressionist John Sessions is seen holding the titillating Telecaster in a number of scenes throughout the first series as part of a recurring plotline in which the Rolling Stones’ Mick Jagger and Keith Richards run the local corner shop together.