Irish rocker Rory Gallagher's "lucky charm" Fender guitar could fetch up to $1.3 million at an auction in London this week.

The instrument was one of a number of the Irish musician’s possessions auctioned by the Gallagher estate on Thursday

Musician’s 1961 Fender secured for National Museum of Ireland with support from Live Nation Gaiety Ltd, says Minister for Arts

Rory Gallagher's iconic 1961 Fender Stratocaster guitar has been purchased by Live Nation Gaiety Ltd with a view to donation to the National Museum of Ireland.

The historic Strat – the sale of which attracted the attention of senior members of the Irish government, who hoped to keep the instrument in Gallagher's native country – went under the hammer along w

The guitar belonging to the late musician and songwriter sold for £889,400 (1,068,956 euro) at Bonhams auction house.

The Irish Rock ‘N’ Roll Museum acquired several of the other significant pieces from his collection, including a 1959 Gretsch Chet Atkins PX6121 electric guitar, which Gallagher used on his 1990 album Fresh Evidence for the tracks “Middle Name” and “King Zydeco”.

Rory Gallagher’s legendary Fender Stratocaster guitar sold today for just over €1 million but the purchaser is to donate the piece of Irish rock history to the National Museum of Ireland in a deal brokered by the Department for Culture.

Made in Fullerton, California, in 1961, and bought by teenage Rory Gallagher from Crowley’s music store in Cork two years later, the famous Fender Stratocaster was sold for a hammer price of £700,000 (€841,

The iconic guitar that Irish rock and blues legend Rory Gallagher played throughout his career has been sold at auction for more than £889,000. Gallagher, widely regarded as one of the greatest guitarists of all time,

The Fender Stratocaster that once belonged to Cork rock legend Rory Gallagher has been bought by Live Nation Gaiety Ltd and will be donated to the National Museum