An insider close to the 34-year-old Grammy winner’s merchandise company told both TMZ and Variety that not only was the guitar not signed by Swift, but it’s not even an official merchandise item. Photo: AFP
The guitar ostensibly signed by Taylor Swift, before its new buyer smashed it in a viral video, is now up for sale on eBay.
The listing claims the instrument is the same one a Texas man purchased at a live auction for $4,000 (RM16,877) only to immediately destroy it with a hammer – as seen in a video seen 23 million times since it was posted Sunday (Sept 29) – TMZ reports.
The bidding started at US$100 (RM421.90) and the listing is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity that assures the buyer the instrument “has been personally signed by Taylor Swift and is guaranteed to be authentic,” according to the image published by the outlet.
The assurance is a bit eyebrow-raising though as TMZ notes that the certificate lacks the seal usually found on similar verifying documents.
An insider close to the 34-year-old Grammy winner’s merchandise company told both TMZ and Variety that not only was the guitar not signed by Swift, but it’s not even an official merchandise item. The company added that the certificate didn’t come from them.
The footage shows an older man making his way up to the front of a room during the Ellis County WildGame Dinner to retrieve the guitar from a man sporting a cowboy hat and holding out a hammer. The buyer takes the hammer to the instrument as the crowd cheers him on, and then gleefully brings the guitar back to his seat.
Auction organisers previously told TMZ that the guitar was donated prior to Swift’s recent endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris. The move was alluded to in many of the online responses, both those in favour of the pop star and her politics as well as those slamming Swift and singing the praises of Republican nominee, former President Donald Trump.
“That sounded much better than any of her music,” tweeted one user.
“How many commemorative Trump coins do you think the guy who destroyed the $4,000 Taylor Swift guitar owns? Because it ain’t zero,” tweeted another. – New York Daily News/Tribune News Service
