Les Paul's 'Black Beauty' guitar sells for $419,900

The 1954 Les Paul Gibson guitar known as "Black Beauty" has sold at auction in New York for $335,500 ($419,900 Cdn).

Guernsey's auction house says the six-string instrument with gold-plated hardware set the standard for other Les Paul Gibson guitars.

Tom Doyle holds Black Beauty, which was given to him by Les Paul in 1976. (Steven D'Souza/CBC)

Paul was a jazz, country and blues guitarist. He made frequent modifications to his basic guitar over the years, refining the sound.

Paul, whose hit songs include How High the Moon, played his instruments in concerts, recordings and on the Les Paul and Mary Ford television show. He died in 2009.

There was no pre-sale estimate for the "Black Beauty" guitar, and Guernsey's could not provide the name of the buyer.

The auction record for a guitar belongs to the Fender Stratocaster that Bob Dylan played at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival. It sold for $965,000 US in 2013.

Paul collaborated on his original design with Gibson after the guitar maker approached him about making an electric guitar bearing his name.

The auctioneer calls it the most significant electric guitar ever made.

Years ago, Paul gave the instrument to his friend, guitar technician and builder Tom Doyle of Wantage, N.J.

Guernsey's president, Arlan Ettinger, said the Les Paul guitar is considered a "holy grail" among musicians because it gave birth to thousands of instruments that bear his name.

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