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Former Rolling Stones Musician Mick Taylor Claims His Stolen Guitar Is at the Met
The guitarist’s team says he last saw the famous instrument when it vanished 54 years ago. The Met, which received the guitar ...
Rolling Stones rock legend battles Met over stolen ‘Keithburst’ guitar
A guitar, once played by Keith Richards, is now at the center of a high-profile ownership dispute between The Met and former ...
An Ex-Stone Says the Met Has His Lost Guitar. The Museum Says No Way.
Representatives for Mick Taylor, the Rolling Stones’ former guitarist, said the Les Paul was stolen from him decades ago. The ...
Rolling Stones guitarist has an axe to grind over Met museum’s Gibson Les Paul
One of America’s most hallowed art institutions is locked in a row with a former member of one of Britain’s biggest rock ...
The Metropolitan Museum of Art wades into debate after missing Rolling Stones guitar resurfaces in exhibition
The Met Museum has disputed a claim that a guitar now on display in its current exhibition was previously owned by The Rolling Stones; Mick Taylor.
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Mick Taylor & The Met Are Fighting Over Ownership Of A Famous Rolling Stones Guitar
When the Rolling Stones played The Ed Sullivan Show in 1964, Keith Richards played a 1959 Gibson Les Paul guitar with a ...
Parade on MSN3d
'70s Rock Icon, 76, In Feud With Legendary Museum Over Lost Instrument
Parade. The Rolling Stones have a notoriously storied past, so it only makes sense that one of the band's most recognizable ...
Guitar World on MSN3d
Met Museum refutes that former Rolling Stones guitarist Mick Taylor ever owned the ’59 Les Paul he claims was stolen and now appears in a new exhibit
The museum's provenance does leave somewhat of a gap, however. It lists Adrian Miller as the Les Paul's owner in 1971, but ...
ARTnews on MSN3d
Met Museum Disputes Former Rolling Stones Member's Claims About Stolen Guitar
The Times report stated that Keith Richards, another Stones bandmate, owned the guitar and that the instrument was never ...
Ultimate Classic Rock on MSN21d
Has a Stolen Rolling Stones Guitar Turned Up in a New York Museum?
A guitar stolen from the Rolling Stones, played by Mick Taylor, Keith Richards, Jimmy Page and Eric Clapton was said to have ...
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Is a Guitar Stolen From the Rolling Stones Sitting in the Met’s ...
The manager of former Rolling Stones member Mick Taylor claims one of the 500 guitars recently donated to the Met was stolen in the 1970s.
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Has A Stolen Rolling Stones Guitar Resurfaced In New York City?
A guitar stolen from the Rolling Stones, played by Mick Taylor, Keith Richards, Jimmy Page and Eric Clapton was said to have surfaced in a museum in July 2025.