Eddie Van Halen’s 1982 Kramer Guitar Expected to Fetch Over $2 Million at Auction

One of the most iconic guitars used by late rocker Eddie Van Halen is going up for auction, with his 1982 Kramer expected to sell for millions.

New York auction house Sotheby’s will be handling the instrument’s sale this fall as part of their inaugural Grails Week, which runs from Oct. 21-28.

The electric guitar in question was played by Van Halen on tour between 1982 and 1983, with the instrument’s black and white-striped design based upon the rocker’s well-known ‘Frankenstrat’ guitar from 1975.

Per Sotheby’s, Van Halen visited Kramer’s New Jersey factory to modify the instrument, with photos reportedly showing him wielding an electric drill while working on it. Later, the guitar was featured in a famous Kramer advertisement wherein Van Halen can be seen holding the instrument while te