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Pawn Stars Snag Mary Ford and Les Paul's Gibson SG

01/25/2012
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(Gibson) The Pawn Stars were lucky enough to pick up a piece of music history on a recent episode of the reality series.

Mary Ford's nephew came into the shop to deal a cream, 1961 Gibson SG that once belonged to the singer and, of course, her famous ex-husband Les Paul.

The Huffington Post reports that Ford's nephew also brought a bunch of documents to confirm the guitar's authenticity � as well as Les's famously unenthusiastic response to the SG. After standing firm on his asking price (reminding the buyers, "You're getting history here"), the guitar sold for $90,000. more on this story

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