I am relieved to learn this about the guitar. I was recently tempted to purchase shares in the Mark Twain Bridge that connects Manhattan to Brooklyn. No provenance was offered to associate the guitarist to that bridge.

On Feb 9, 2013, at 12:58 PM, Hal Bush wrote:

> so now a little birdie tells me that the stories about the guitar are
> dubious at best, and probably a complete hoax at worst.
> 
> hmmmmmmm . . . so did it really go for $15 million ? ? ? ? ?  evidently NOT.
> 
> the main story I picked up on is at NPR:
> 
> http://www.npr.org/programs/lnfsound/stories/990604.stories.html
> 
> the piece in Acoustic Guitar is at:
> 
> http://www.themomi.org/museum/articles/marktwain/1.html
> 
> -hb
> 
> 
> On Sat, Feb 9, 2013 at 8:22 AM, Kevin Mac Donnell <
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> 
>> Harold--
>> 
>> That's the guitar to which I referred. I did not wish to go into details
>> about the owner or name him in public, but if you read the magazine article
>> and then carefully google the owner's name and read about his court cases
>> you might have some doubts --never mind that there is not a whiff of
>> evidence that traces that guitar to Twain. I was offered this guitar
>> several years ago and asked for the provenance and none was forthcoming.
>> 
>> Beds, chairs, tables, juke boxes, and a variety of objects surface every
>> year with dubious claims about them being owned by Twain, none with
>> documentation or provenances that jibe with know historical facts.
>> 
>> I tell you this in confidence.
>> 
>> Kevin
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