Colts owner Jim Irsay buys a Prince guitar for $137,500

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Colts owner Jim Irsay buys a Prince guitar for $137,500

Saw this in the news a day or two ago and didn't see it on here. Are we all in agreement that Jim Irsay's money should be put in a trust so that he only has limited access to it? I can respect Prince and I understand the many people out there who are megafans. Here are my issues with the purchase:

1) The guitar is extremely tacky. Seriously, just look at the thing. It's so horrendous that even Prince stopped playing it

2) I could be wrong but I don't believe that it was a good investment on Jim Irsay's part. The guitar only fetched that amount of money because it was sold immediately after Prince's death

3) He's Jim Irsay. The guy was probably pilled out of his mind when he placed the bid at Sotheby's or some other auction house that I have no knowledge of because I'm just a simple Patriots fan without a massive inheritance

 

[Froob]

Prince is rolling in his grave.

 

[Joey007]

That's some expensive coke snorting furniture.

 

[Joker]

beat me to it, Joey...

 

[RobertWeathers]

Did the guitar have a secret compartment to hide opioids?

 

[Clonamery]

Did the guitar have a secret compartment to hide opioids?

No, the secret compartment is for dead, junkie girlfriends.

 

[Patsfanin Philly]

He does know it was Purple Rain and not purple drank, right????

 

[RobertWeathers]

No, the secret compartment is for dead, junkie girlfriends.

Oh man....lol

 

[BelichicksBlackEye]

That's some expensive coke snorting furniture.

Irsay has now found out a "prince guitar" is not slang for primo coke

 

[Brady_to_Moss]

Wait...he didn't buy pills? Mind blown

 

[FCB02062]

That's his weekly Oxy budget...

 

[RecoveringCowboy]

I know we are talking about Jim being a druggie, but he obviously has some of the genes his Dad Robert had.

 

[AtomicDawg]

 

[The Boston Patriot]

Great investment. In good times that will be worth a lot more.

 

[RecoveringCowboy]

http://deadspin.com/why-your-team-sucks-2015-indianapolis-colts-1728020622

Why not hang a banner for every year? Finish 4th in the AFC South and your banner can say OFFICIAL COMPETITORS. Such a strong showing...
...Deep inside Irsay’s soul, past the 80 shades of ruddy and the heady alchemy of six unauthorized prescription medications working their magic in his bloodstream, he probably wishes he had kept Bruce Arians.
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Hey, the next accusation the Colts will make is the Patriots have a nefarious plot to make the other owners druggies so their teams suck. Granted, many of them have a problem, but they did it themselves.

 

[Bill Lee]

Mere pocket change:

While nearly $140,000 may seem like a lot of cash for a used guitar, this to Irsay must seem like a bargain.

In 2002, Irsay paid $957,000 for Jerry Garcia's one-of-a-kind "Tiger" guitar. Garcia, who died in 1995, was the lead guitarist for the Grateful Dead.

In 2013, he purchased the Fender Stratocaster used by Bob Dylan in the 1965 Newport Folk Festival for $965,000. That is the most ever spent for a guitar sold at auction.

In February 2015, Irsay dropped $335,500 for a historic Les Paul guitar, the 1954 Black Custom, better known as "Black Beauty," as "The Grail!" and the "genesis of all Les Paul guitars to come."

Irsay has about 200 guitars in his collection.

Ref: Prince guitar a bargain for Jim Irsay collection