Noel Gallagher’s Epiphone Guitar Sells For £12,000 At Oasis Auction

A Manchester City blue Epiphone guitar once owned by Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher has sold for £12,000 at an auction of Oasis memorabilia in Worcestershire.

The limited-edition guitar, made in 1997, was one of five believed to have been given to Gallagher by Epiphone before eventually passing to Huw Richards, who worked as a front-of-house sound engineer for Oasis.

The instrument was sold by Littleton Auctions as part of a collection belonging to Richards’ family.

Oasis memorabilia attracts strong bids

The guitar was among several pieces of Oasis history offered at the auction, with collectors also bidding on items connected to the band’s 1990s rise.

A set of 11 framed platinum discs presented by Creation Records to mark UK sales of more than 3.3 million copies of (What’s The Story) Morning Glory? sold for £2,000.

A Kangol rain jacket produced for Oasis touring personnel also reached £2,000, while tour itineraries, promotional material and a Be Here Now wristwatch were among the other items sold.

The auction also included memorabilia from outside the Richards collection.

A rare original concert ticket for The Rain, the band that preceded Oasis, sold for £2,400, while an early demo tape fetched £3,600. A collection of early Oasis photographs reached £5,400, and a pair of leather shoes previously owned by Gallagher sold for £1,200.

Supersonic piano fails to sell

Not every major item attracted a buyer.

A baby grand piano featured in the artwork for Oasis’ “Supersonic” single had been valued at between £100,000 and £150,000, but failed to sell at the auction.

The result contrasted with the strong demand for smaller pieces of Oasis memorabilia, particularly items with a direct connection to the band’s early years.

Oasis Desk Tapes auction postponed after legal action

The auction was also affected by a legal dispute involving a much larger collection of Oasis recordings.

Known as the “Desk Tapes”, the collection was withdrawn from the auction shortly before the sale after Oasis filed an injunction.

The recordings had been valued at between £1.2 million and £1.6 million and reportedly include 63 live performances, soundchecks and more than 100 hours of rehearsal recordings from the 1990s.

Littleton Auctions confirmed that the sale of the recordings has been postponed indefinitely while the legal dispute is resolved.

Despite the removal of the recordings, the auction demonstrated the continued demand for Oasis memorabilia, with collectors competing for instruments, clothing, photographs and other pieces connected to the band’s early career.