Rory Gallagher's famed Fender is heading to auction
Rory Gallagher's famed Fender is heading to auction

Irish rock and blues star Rory Gallagher's 1961 Fender Stratocaster guitar will hit the auction block later this year and could fetch up to $1.28 million.

Claire Tole-Moir, who heads the popular culture and science department at auction house Bonhams, says the guitar has "been deemed the most recognizable Fender Stratocaster in the world."