His “Oxblood” guitar, which featured on the cover of the erstwhile Yardbirds member’s 1975 album “Blow by blow”, was the highest-selling piece in the auction of the rock icon’s collection.
Auction house Christie’s had earlier predicted the instrument would sell for between 350,000 and half a million pounds.
Comprising more than 130 items, including Beck’s guitars and amplifiers, the auction lot sold for a total of more than £8 million.
Born in Surrey outside London in June 1944, Beck was a flexible and multi-talented musician capable of straddling styles from blues and hard rock to jazz.
