Jerry Garcia’s Wolf

According to the Associated Press, as one of the most expensive guitars, Jerry Garcia's Wolf guitar sold at auction for more than $1.9 million on Wednesday. For nearly two decades, Garcia's go-to instrument was "Wolf." The Grateful Dead singer-guitarist first used the instrument during a Hell's Angels gig in New York City in 1973.

Daniel Pritzker, a philanthropist, musician, and filmmaker, was Wolf's former owner. He purchased the guitar anonymously in 2002 for $790,000. It was the biggest bid for a guitar in history at the time.“I’ve been a fan of the Dead since I was a kid, and playing this iconic guitar over the past 15 years has been a privilege,” Pritzker said before the auction.“But the time is right for Wolf to do some good.”

Jerry Garcia's Wolf was the first of numerous instruments built for Garcia by renowned luthier Doug Irwin. The guitarist, on the other hand, customized the guitar's unusual purple heart and curly maple body by affixing a sticker of a cartoon wolf below the bridge. Wolf appeared heavily in Garcia's 1977 concert film The Grateful Dead Movie. Garcia last played guitar with the Grateful Dead on February 23rd, 1993 at the Oakland Coliseum.

Price: $1.9 million