Update(4/12, 1:30pm):Guitar.comhas reached out to Julien’s Auctions on the matter and have received the following response, “We have a notarised letter from Joey [Cush] who is Bryan’s brother who he gave the guitar to. There is a bill of sale from the [Cush’s] to the owner of the guitar who consigned the guitar.”
Wolfgang Van Halen has slammed最近在拍卖会上出售了他父亲的三个吉他, alleging that the event was “taking advantage” of Eddie Van Halen’s passing.
Responding to a news article on the auction, held on 2 December by Julien’s Auctions, Wolfgang tweeted: “The headline should read: ‘Three guitars that are striped were sold at an auction for charity’. They weren’t stage guitars. I had nothing to do with this. I don’t EVER plan on selling any of my father’s iconic guitars.”
Upon realising the proceeds for the auction weren’t in fact going to charity, Wolfgang added: “Oh wait, scratch that. It WASN’T for charity. They’re just taking advantage of my father’s passing. What a surprise.”
The headline should read:
“条纹的三把吉他在拍卖会上为慈善机构出售。”
They weren’t stage guitars.
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.https://t.co/npM4TZKWYU
— Wolf Van Halen (@WolfVanHalen)2020年12月3日
On Instagram, Wolfgang clarified his position: “The stories for this have been saying they were ‘iconic’ guitars. Not true.
“That makes it seem like the Frankenstein or the Shark guitar were sold. Yeah that’s bullshit. One of the guitars auctioned off was actually a gift so yeah, seems a little shitty if you ask me.”
有问题的礼物是定制的Kramerelectric, put together by Eddie and his technician Matt Bruck at 5150 studios. The guitar was allegedly gifted to one of EVH’s close friends, the late Bryan Cush, owner of Cush’s Centenary Oyster House in Los Angeles. It fetched the highest sum at the auction, selling for $231,250.
The other two instruments sold were a 2004CharvelArt系列电气价格为140,800美元，范·海伦（Van Halen）使用的鳞片Hot For Teachermusic video for $50,000.
The plot thickened as Wolfgang began tweeting about the auction and leaving comments on various news articles that covered the sale.
一个人介绍自己是库什（Cush）遗产的律师迈克尔·索希吉安（Michael Sohigian）在Twitter上回应了沃尔夫冈（Wolfgang）。他声称，库什一家将起诉朱利安的拍卖，以及涉及收回克莱默吉他的各方。
“Your dad [Eddie Van Halen] gave the guitar to Bryan Cush,” Sohigian wrote. “After Bryan died, during the probate of Bryan’s estate, which included your dad’s guitar that Bryan treasured […] one of his brothers sold it on eBay without telling or asking permission.”
@wolfvanhalen
, you don't know the half of it. Your dad gave the guitar to Bryan Cush, one of the brothers who owned Centenary Oyster House in Shreveport (ask your Uncle P), inscribed to Bryan, "let's get shucked up." After Bryan died. . . 1/https://t.co/T6yNYaFGm9— Michael Sohigian (@MichaelSohigian)December 4, 2020
That eBay buyer then allegedly re-sold the guitar via Julien’s Auctions. Both the buyer and the winning bidder will also be part of the lawsuit, according to Sohigian.
Guitar.com已经与沃尔夫冈，苏希吉安和朱利安的拍卖联系了。我们将随着更多信息揭示，我们将更新此故事。