On Tuesday afternoon, I visited Christie’s headquarters at Rockefeller Center for a temporary display of the Jim Irsay Collection, just before it goes on auction. This “chorus of cultural touchstones,” as Christie’s heralds it, represents the life-long passion of the late, Indiana-based billionaire, philanthropist, and owner of the Indianapolis Colts. Irsay supported a spectrum of causes, from medical research to oceanography. He also invested much of his fortune in exceptional memorabilia. Here are several of Irsay’s most amazing artifacts. Grateful Dead frontman Jerry Garcia’s custom “Tiger” guitar. (All photos courtesy of CHRISTIE’S IMAGES LTD. 2026) Guitar Magazine called Irsay’s “the greatest guitar collection on Earth.” If not hundreds, then certainly scores of them line Christie’s walls and fill its presentation spaces. These include beauties owned and played by Eric Clapton, Janis Joplin, Prince, and many…
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