Again in 2009, a teenaged Taylor Swift and Miley Cyrus signed a pink guitar for charity – and this month it offered for $104,000 at public sale.

The Daisy Rock 6270 guitar was signed by the popstars on seventh February 2009, a day earlier than they carried out collectively on the 51st Grammy Awards. 22 bidders tried their luck for the guitar, regardless of Swift not even performing it onstage on the Grammys.

On the evening, Swift performed on a Taylor K65ce Koa 12-String for a efficiency of Fifteen, taken off of 2008’s Fearless, with Cyrus in tow.

Whatever the reality the pink acoustic was by no means performed by Swift, it nonetheless raked in additional than Julien’s Auctions estimated sale worth of $96,000. Followers have been eager to snap up this piece of music historical past.

The pink guitar bears the pair’s signatures in black marker, with Cyrus including a “god bless!” for good measure.

Each artists are well-known for his or her affect on the pop trade, embracing nation and rock tones all through their tracks, and 2009 marked an important second within the artists’ careers.

Swift was 19 on the time, and Fearless would see her incomes her very first Grammy for Album of the 12 months on the 52nd Grammy Awards the next yr. When it comes to Miley Cyrus, she was simply 17 and reaping the success of 2008’s Breakout, providing hits equivalent to 7 Issues.

Whereas Cyrus had been a Disney star since a younger age, the picture of the pair posing with the pink acoustic was captured earlier than their careers really sky-rocketed. Little did they know what lay forward for them – Swift specifically broke touring income information along with her Eras Tour, incomes greater than $2 billion throughout a 149-date tour.

The guitar is available in at Julien’s Auctions second costliest sale of their present Music Icons assortment. Steven Tyler’s Dream On grand piano has confirmed to be the most important earner of the bunch thus far, promoting for a complete of $130,000.

The gathering has additionally seen a variety of Eddie Van Halen items up for grabs, equivalent to a Charvel Artwork Collection electrical performed onstage by the Van Halen riffer going for $78,000. His Fender customized Frankenstein Stratocaster additionally offered for $45,500.

For extra particulars, head to Julien’s Auctions.