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The Spencer Davis Collection
Lot 4Y

A Spencer Davis Zemaitis 12-String Acoustic Guitar

13 – 22 January 2025, 12:00 PST
Online, Los Angeles

Sold for US$4,096 inc. premium

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A Spencer Davis Zemaitis 12-String Acoustic Guitar

1960, mahogany body and neck, Brazilian rosewood fretboard with ivoried binding and mother of pearl inlay, bone nut, ivoried tuners, headstock inlayed with makers mark in ivory, bearing the maker's signed and dated label.

Condition: Requires restoration to play. There are multiple unrepaired back cracks, cracked binding, gaps at neck joint. Guitar 42 1/4 in long.

Footnotes

The Davis family owns Spencer Davis's 1960 date book from his time at university, and on the double page spread for the week of October 2-8 is the following note: "Received / Seven Pounds / 8/10/60 / A.C. Zemaitis"—the record of young Davis's downpayment on the present guitar.

Provenance:
The Spencer Davis Collection.

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