"They weren’t stage guitars," he continued, adding, "I had nothing to do with this. I don’t EVER plan on selling any of my father’s iconic guitars. The only place they’d possibly belong in is a museum." In another tweet, he also noted, "one was a gift. I don’t know who’d want to give that away. Timing is a little fishy to me."
Van Halen then corrected his previous tweet. "It WASN'T for charity. They're just taking advantage of my father's passing. What a surprise."
In the descriptions for the guitars on Julian's Auction House, they noted that one was a gift Eddie gave to his friend Bryan Cash (that one fetched $231,250), another had been played by Eddie on stage in San Antonio and that there were pictures of him applying the stripes to the guitar himself (that guitar sold for $140,800). The third guitar was a scaled-down, non-playing guitar that was used in Van Halen's "Hot for Teacher" video and sold for $50,000.
The Icons & Idols Trilogy: Rock 'n' Roll auction also featured items from Kurt Cobain, The Beatles, Elvis Presley, Jimi Hendrix, Rolling Stones, Fleetwood Mac, New Order, Madonna, The Clash, Ramones and more.
