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Jimi Hendrix's charred 1965 Fender Stratocaster and case are displayed at the Idea Generation Gallery in London, September 3, 2008. The guitar, which is estimated at �500,000, will be auctioned on Thursday with other pop memorabilia including Elvis Presley's fingerprints and Marilyn Monroe's "Some Like It Hot" bustier.
LONDON - JULY 24: Jimi Hendrix's 1965 Fender Stratocaster is displayed at the Idea Generation Gallery on July 24, 2008 in London, England. The legendary guitar which was famously burnt by Hendrix in March 1967 at Finsbury Astoria will go under the hammer and is expected to fetch USD1 million when it is auctioned by the Fame Bureau at the Idea Generation Gallery on September 4, 2008.
LONDON - JULY 24: Jimi Hendrix's 1965 Fender Stratocaster is displayed at the Idea Generation Gallery on July 24, 2008 in London, England. The legendary guitar which was famously burnt by Hendrix in March 1967 at Finsbury Astoria will go under the hammer and is expected to fetch USD1 million when it is auctioned by the Fame Bureau at the Idea Generation Gallery on September 4, 2008.
LONDON - JULY 24: Jimi Hendrix's 1965 Fender Stratocaster is displayed at the Idea Generation Gallery on July 24, 2008 in London, England. The legendary guitar which was famously burnt by Hendrix in March 1967 at Finsbury Astoria will go under the hammer and is expected to fetch USD1 million when it is auctioned by the Fame Bureau at the Idea Generation Gallery on September 4, 2008.
LONDON - JULY 24: Jimi Hendrix's 1965 Fender Stratocaster is displayed at the Idea Generation Gallery on July 24, 2008 in London, England. The legendary guitar which was famously burnt by Hendrix in March 1967 at Finsbury Astoria will go under the hammer and is expected to fetch USD1 million when it is auctioned by the Fame Bureau at the Idea Generation Gallery on September 4, 2008.
LONDON - JULY 24: Jimi Hendrix's 1965 Fender Stratocaster is displayed at the Idea Generation Gallery on July 24, 2008 in London, England. The legendary guitar which was famously burnt by Hendrix in March 1967 at Finsbury Astoria will go under the hammer and is expected to fetch USD1 million when it is auctioned by the Fame Bureau at the Idea Generation Gallery on September 4, 2008.
LONDON - JULY 24: Jimi Hendrix's 1965 Fender Stratocaster is held up at the Idea Generation Gallery on July 24, 2008 in London, England. The legendary guitar which was famously burnt by Hendrix in March 1967 at Finsbury Astoria will go under the hammer and is expected to fetch USD1 million when it is auctioned by the Fame Bureau at the Idea Generation Gallery on September 4, 2008.
LONDON - JULY 24: Jimi Hendrix's 1965 Fender Stratocaster is held up at the Idea Generation Gallery on July 24, 2008 in London, England. The legendary guitar, which was famously burnt by Hendrix in March 1967 at Finsbury Astoria, will go under the hammer and is expected to fetch $1 million when it is auctioned by the Fame Bureau at the Idea Generation Gallery on September 4, 2008.
LONDON - JULY 24: Jimi Hendrix's 1965 Fender Stratocaster is displayed at the Idea Generation Gallery on July 24, 2008 in London, England. The legendary guitar which was famously burnt by Hendrix in March 1967 at Finsbury Astoria will go under the hammer and is expected to fetch USD1 million when it is auctioned by the Fame Bureau at the Idea Generation Gallery on September 4, 2008.
The cover of "Jimi Hendrix: The Sex Tape" from Vivid Entertainment is shown in this undated publicity photo released to Reuters April 29, 2008. The videotape, said to contain footage of rock guitar great Jimi Hendrix having sex with two women, was released over the Internet on Tuesday. The 11 minutes of footage of a man resembling Hendrix cavorting with two unidentified brunettes in a dimly lit bedroom is packaged in a 45-minute DVD distributed by Los Angeles adult-film studio Vivid Entertainment.
Jimi Hendrix's sunburst Fender Stratocaster is displayed at the Al Parish auction at the North Charleston Convention Center in North Charleston, S.C., Wednesday, July 11, 2007. Everything from gnomes and animation art to pricey pens and guitars said to have belonged to rock superstars like Jimi Hendrix hit the auction block this week when the assets of an economist accused of fraud are liquidated. Al Parish has been accused of defrauding hundreds of investors of more than $50 million and many items he bought will be auctioned Friday and Saturday.
Jimi Hendrix's sunburst Fender Stratocaster, left, and a 1968 Gibson Les Paul owned by Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones, right, are displayed at the Al Parish auction at the North Charleston Convention Center in North Charleston, S.C., Wednesday, July 11, 2007. Everything from gnomes and animation art to pricey pens and guitars said to have belonged to rock superstars like Jimi Hendrix hit the auction block this week when the assets of an economist accused of fraud are liquidated. Al Parish has been accused of defrauding hundreds of investors of more than $50 million and many items he bought will be auctioned Friday and Saturday.
Jimi Hendrix performs in thus undated file photo. A fundraising auction of music memorabilia from Jimi Hendrix, The Edge, Bono, Paul McCartney and others smashed expectations and brought in $2.4 million, some of which will go to a charity that replaces musical equipment lost to hurricanes Katrina and Rita, Saturday, April 22, 2007. The guitar owned by Jimi Hendrix was sold for $480,000.
LONDON - FEBRUARY 01: (L-R) A Jimi Hendrix japanese model guitar and 'London: Birth of a Cult' customised by Hedi Slimane and covered in Swarovski crystals are displayed at the Born To Rock Exhibition at Harrods on February 1, 2007 in London, England. Guitars worth tens of millions of pounds were delivered by armoured security to the store and make up part of the Born To Rock Exhibition. (Photo by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images)
British drummer Mitch Mitchell performs during a tribute concert to U.S. guitarist Jimi Hendrix at the Hippodrome in London in this October 25, 2007 file photo. Mitchell, a pioneering drummer best known for his work with 1960s rock icon Hendrix, died on November 12, 2008, at age 62. The drummer had been in Portland for the last stop on an 18-city U.S. tour with Experience Hendrix, a concert series celebrating the legacy of the late rock star.