Prince’s personally-owned and -used peach-colored Earth III guitar strap used during the 1987 Sign o' the Times Tour, from the collection of Prince’s former guitar technician and occasional photographer Joel Bernstein. In fine condition, with wear to leather buckle consistent with heavy use. Accompanied by a letter of provenance from Bernstein, in full: "This letter is to authenticate a peach-colored guitar strap used on stage by Prince, during his 1987 Sign o’ The Times tour. Prince used two identical custom-made peach colored guitars during this tour, each one with an identical strap. From the evidence of use to this strap, I’d guess this was from the more heavily used guitar. This strap can be seen in use in many live videos and photographs, including the Sign o’ The Times concert film. I worked with Prince from 1987 through 1991, as his personal guitar technician for concerts and recording, and occasionally as his photographer. This period included Sign O’ The Times, Lovesexy, the Batman soundtrack, and My Name is Prince." Also includes a letter of authenticity from Jeff Gold, the owner of Recordmecca and a former executive vice president/general manager of Warner Bros. Records, who worked closely with Prince during the 1990’s, and art directed numerous album covers for him, including ‘Diamonds & Pearls,’ ’Love Symbol,’ and ‘The Hits/The B-Sides.’
