Christine’s Baby Grand at MusiCares Auction

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From the article:

Fleetwood Mac fans will be pleased to know that Christine McVie’s stage-played "Songbird" Yamaha C3 Baby Grand piano sold for $50,800 (estimate: $20,000-$30,000) to benefit the MusiCares charity at an auction held by Julien's Auctions.

On Sunday, February 4 at Julien’s Auctions MusiCares Charity Relief Auction, McVie’s piano was among other top sellers such as Dua Lipa's Illusion Catsuit and Jon Bon Jovi's Takemine guitar (each sold for $50,800).

Livestreamed for the first time from the GRAMMY Museum, the event went on before the GRAMMY Awards and brought in over $500K to benefit MusiCares.

McVie’s beloved Yamaha C3 Baby Grand piano stage played for two decades between the tours for Rumours and The Dance in 1977 and 1997 in Fleetwood Mac’s closing encores of “Songbird” in concert.

Other Fleetwood Mac items made a mark as well. A signed Stevie Nicks Barbie doll, sold for a remarkable $7,800. The "Stevie Nicks Barbie Doll" (in original box) is inspired by the songstress' style during the era of the Fleetwood Mac album Rumours, signed by Nicks on the box, and inscribed “Stevie Barbie Loves Ya!” on the back of the box. Perhaps riding on the success and popularity of the Barbie film, the selling price of $7,800 for the doll was twenty-six times its estimate of $300.