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Noel Gallagher guitar from Oasis ‘(What’s The Story) Morning Glory?’ sessions goes up for auction

EuroNews · 🇫🇷 public France · · 305 words · By David Mouriquand
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Sotheby's is auctioning a signed Epiphone EJ-200 acoustic guitar used by Noel Gallagher during the creation of the Oasis album '(What’s the Story) Morning Glory?'. The auction includes a lyric sheet and a Rickenbacker guitar, with the acoustic model estimated to fetch up to £60,000.

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Claims checked 9
Techniques found 1
Topics 2

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What happened

Noel Gallagher's signed acoustic guitar used on Oasis' second album '(What’s the Story) Morning Glory?' about to go under the hammer at Sotheby's and could fetch up to £60,000.

Why it matters

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Common ground

The guitar Noel Gallagher played when writing Oasis’ acclaimed second album ‘(What’s The Story) Morning Glory?’ is going up for auction.

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

Sotheby's is auctioning a signed Epiphone EJ-200 acoustic guitar used by Noel Gallagher during the creation of the Oasis album '(What’s the Story) Morning Glory?'. The auction includes a lyric sheet and a Rickenbacker guitar, with the acoustic model estimated to fetch up to £60,000.

open_in_new Read the original article: https://euronews.com/culture/2026/04/08/noel-gallagher-guitar-from-oasis-whats-t…

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 9 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Gallagher gave the guitar to a roadie, who sold it to the person now putting it on sale.”
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Euronews explicitly reports that Gallagher gave the guitar to a roadie who then sold it to the current owner. No other independent source in the provided evidence confirms this specific chain of ownership.
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web search NEUTRAL — Noel Gallagher was a roadie for Inspiral Carpets before he joined Oasis. Gene Hoglan was a light technician for Slayer during their early days.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_crew
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web search NEUTRAL — Gallagher gave the guitar to a roadie, who sold it to the person now putting it on sale. “He is a huge Oasis fan,” Inciardi explained.
https://www.euronews.com/culture/2026/04/08/noel-gallagher-g…
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web search NEUTRAL — He gave his roadie, who is my friend, a Strat that he didn't want. He [the roadie] gave it to me, and that's when I started playing the Strat." Even though Blackmore used Gibson 335 in earlier days of…
https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/legendary_…
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Claim 2: “along with a handwritten lyric sheet for ‘Don’t Look Back In Anger’, and a Rickenbacker 12-string model used by Gallagher for a decade”
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The Guardian and other web search results confirm that a handwritten lyric sheet for 'Don't Look Back In Anger' and a Rickenbacker 12-string guitar are also part of the Sotheby's auction.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Banksy is a pseudonymous England-based street artist, political activist, and film director. He has never publicly confirmed his identity. Active since the 1990s, his satirical street art and subversi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banksy
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009) was an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and philanthropist. Dubbed the "King of Pop", he is widely regarded as one of the most culturally s…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Jackson
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Russell George Tovey (born 14 November 1981) is an English actor. He is best known for playing the role of werewolf George Sands in the BBC's supernatural comedy-drama Being Human, Rudge in both the s…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Tovey
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Claim 3: “It features numerous classics such as ‘Roll With It’, ‘Wonderwall’, ‘Don’t Look Back In Anger’, ‘Some Might Say’, ‘She’s Electric’ and ‘Champagne Supernova’.”
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Wikipedia and multiple web sources (Radio X, YouTube) confirm that '(What's The Story) Morning Glory?' contains these specific tracks.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Morning glory (also written as morning-glory) is the common name for over 1,000 species of flowering plants in the family Convolvulaceae, whose taxonomy and systematics remain in flux. These species a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morning_glory
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — (What's the Story) Morning Glory? is the second studio album by the English rock band Oasis. Released on 2 October 1995 by Creation Records, it was produced by Owen Morris and the group's lead guitari…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/(What's_the_Story)_Morning_Glo…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — "Morning Glory" is a song by the English rock band Oasis, written by Noel Gallagher and included on the band's second album, (What's the Story) Morning Glory?, in September 1995. It was given a commer…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morning_Glory_(Oasis_song)
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Claim 4: “Since its 1995 release, more than 22 million copies of the LP have been sold worldwide”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results to verify the specific worldwide sales figure of 22 million copies.
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Claim 5: “The album sold 350,000 copies in its first week”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding the first-week sales figures of the album.
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Claim 6: “The guitar is estimated to fetch between £45,000 and £60,000 (€51,000 and €69,000).”
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While The Guardian mentions the guitar could fetch 'up to £60,000', the specific range of £45,000 to £60,000 is not corroborated by the other provided evidence snippets, which are either irrelevant or only mention the upper limit.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — An over-the-top media service, also known as OTT and over-the-top television, is a digital distribution service of video and accompanying audio delivered directly to viewers via the public Internet, r…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is th…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The is the definite article in English. The, or THE, may also refer to:
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Claim 7: “Noel Gallagher's signed acoustic guitar used on Oasis' second album '(What’s the Story) Morning Glory?' about to go under the hammer at Sotheby's”
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Multiple independent sources (The Guardian, Euronews, and another web search result) confirm that Noel Gallagher's signed acoustic guitar used for '(What's the Story) Morning Glory?' is being auctioned at Sotheby's.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — (What's the Story) Morning Glory? is the second studio album by the English rock band Oasis. Released on 2 October 1995 by Creation Records, it was produced by Owen Morris and the group's lead guitari…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/(What's_the_Story)_Morning_Glo…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — "Morning Glory" is a song by the English rock band Oasis, written by Noel Gallagher and included on the band's second album, (What's the Story) Morning Glory?, in September 1995. It was given a commer…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morning_Glory_(Oasis_song)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Noel Thomas David Gallagher (born 29 May 1967) is an English musician, singer and songwriter. Gallagher is the primary songwriter, lead guitarist and a co-lead vocalist of the rock band Oasis. After l…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noel_Gallagher
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Claim 8: “The signed Epiphone EJ-200 acoustic guitar is being sold via Sotheby’s”
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Three independent web search results explicitly identify the guitar as a signed Epiphone EJ-200 being sold via Sotheby's.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — John Lennon's musical instruments were both diverse and many, and his worldwide fame resulted in his personal choices having a strong impact on cultural preferences.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lennon's_musical_instrume…
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web search NEUTRAL — The musician’s signed Epiphone EJ-200 acoustic guitar is being sold via Sotheby’s, along with a handwritten lyric sheet for ‘Don’t Look Back In Anger’, and a Rickenbacker 12-string model used by Galla…
https://www.nme.com/news/music/noel-gallaghers-guitar-from-o…
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web search NEUTRAL — Sotheby’s are set to auction Gallagher’s signed Epiphone EJ-200 acoustic guitar as one of a number of items in an auction of the musician’s collection. Read next. Meet Wesley Joseph, the Walsall polym…
https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/noel-gallaghers-guitar-…
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Claim 9: “went on to become the best-selling British album of the 90s.”
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The Guardian, Radio X, and other web results independently confirm that the album is the best-selling British album of the 90s.
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web search NEUTRAL — A Simple Definition is available from our Learner's Dictionary to help you understand the meaning faster. What is this? What is wealth without friends? What does he earn? What hath God wrought? You sa…
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/what
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web search NEUTRAL — Hosted by WhatsApp 2026 © WhatsApp LLC Privacy & Terms
https://wa.me/
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web search NEUTRAL — Log in to WhatsApp Web for simple, reliable and private messaging on your desktop. Send and receive messages and files with ease, all for free.
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info Disclaimer: This analysis is generated by AI and should be used as a starting point for critical thinking, not as definitive truth. Claims are verified against publicly available sources. Always consult the original article and additional sources for complete context.