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John Paul Jones: Two Tour Used Matchless Head Flight Cases, circa 2000s, image 1
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Rock & Pop
Lot 282TP

John Paul Jones: Two Tour Used Matchless Head Flight Cases,
circa 2000s,

17 November 2021, 11:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £892.50 inc. premium

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John Paul Jones: Two Tour Used Matchless Head Flight Cases,

circa 2000s,
the larger flight case with wheels stored in foam-lined interior, flight case with sticker inscribed JPJ. LONDON applied to the lid, with wheels stored within, the smaller case sprayed in stencil J.P. JONES to the lid, each metal case with removable lid and recessed butterfly latches,
the larger 25 1/2in x 30 1/2in x 13 3/4in (65cm x 77.5cm x 35cm)
the smaller 13 3/4in x 24in x 13 3/4in (35cm x 61cm x 35cm),

Footnotes

Provenance:
Acquired from Manson's Guitar Shop in Exeter.
The present cases were likely used by John Paul Jones while performing as part of supergroup Them Crooked Vultures, as evidenced by the TCV stickers applied to each case. Them Crooked Vultures comprised Dave Grohl (Nirvana, Foo Fighters), Josh Homme (Queens of the Stone Age) and Jones (Led Zeppelin). The supergroup performed across the UK, continental Europe and the United States in 2009-2010.

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