B.B. King: One of Blues Legend’s ‘Lucille’ Guitars Headed to Auction Black Gibson ES-345, which company gifted guitarist for his 80th birthday, estimated to bring up to $100,000 in September ...

A guitar given to B.B. King for his 80th birthday has sold for $280,000 at an auction of items from the blues legend’s estate.. Julien’s Auctions says King often used the black Gibson ES-345 ...

Julien’s says Gibson gave King the instrument for his 80th birthday. The headstock has “B.B. King 80” and a crown inlaid with mother-of-pearl. The guitar is estimated to be worth $80,000 to ...

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A guitar given to B.B. King for his 80th birthday has sold for $280,000 at an auction of items from the blues legend’s estate. Julien’s Auctions says King often used ...

A guitar once owned by B.B. King and photographs of Marilyn Monroe – along with other items from history and pop culture – are going up for auction next month.

CHICAGO (CBS)-- B.B. King's guitars are among the most famous musical instruments in the world – known to throngs by the names he gave them, "Lucille." A guitar by that name that King played ...

To guitar aficionados and blues fans, the name Lucille evokes the sweet, piercing electric tones of B.B. King’s guitar. It’s the name the 15-time Grammy winner, who died Thursday night at age ...

B.B. King, who died Thursday at age 89, named his guitar Lucille because of a woman he never met. In fact, there have been many Lucilles, most famously a series of custom-designed Gibsons but ...

The invention of the electric guitar in the 20 th century spawned a long list of great guitarists – B.B. King, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Duane Allman, Eddie Van Halen and many more. Everyone ...

King is known for naming all of his guitars Lucille. The name inspired by a Cross County town called Twist. In the mid 1950's, B.B. King was playing in a juke joint in Twist.

JACKSON, Miss. — A guitar given to B.B. King for his 80th birthday has sold for $280,000 at an auction of items from the blues legend's estate. Julien's Auctions says King often used the black ...