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Oct 30, 2002
The Bill Monroe Foundation's planned purchase of the bluegrass legend's mandolin falls through. The foundation intended to buy the instrument for $1.125 million
Dec 17, 2002
Bill Monroe's son, James, files suit in Nashville to regain possession of his late father's mandolin from a foundation which he says has paid only $162,000 of the $1 million-plus it had agreed to spend on the instrument for a museum
Dec 17, 2002
Two Martin guitars that belonged to The Delmore Brothers are donated to the Country Music Hall of Fame. On hand for the event: John Anderson and Charlie Louvin
Apr 14, 2003
Buck Owens confers one of his trademark red, white and blue guitars on producer Frank Rogers, accompanied by a plaque: "If the record-making business ever slows down... you can always pick & grin with me!"
Jun 2, 2003
The Country Music Hall of Fame opens an Eddy Arnold exhibit. Artifacts include a custom-made tuxedo, a Gibson guitar with his name on the fret board, and the 1967 trophy that made him the Country Music Association's first Entertainer of the Year
Feb 8, 2004
Some of BR549's instruments are stolen from a locked trailer parked outside of band member Chuck Mead's home in east Nashville. Among the missing: Don Herron's steel guitar, "Hawk" Shaw Wilson's drum kit and Geoff Firebaugh's bass
Feb 12, 2004
"If I ever saw a star in the making... you're it!": Buck Owens engraves one of his signature red, white and blue guitars and ships it to Josh Turner
Apr 12, 2004
BR549 says it's been hit by thieves for the second time during the calendar year when a van and trailer filled with instruments and equipment were stolen in Seattle. The trailer was recovered by police, but the contents were gone
Jun 24, 2004
One of Dan Tyminski's guitars fetches $3,107 in Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Auction, held at Christie's in New York. The charitable event also sees one of Clapton's guitars bought for a whopping $959,000
Aug 23, 2004
Businessman Bob McLean, of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, agrees to pay $575,000 for Mother Maybelle Carter's 1928 Gibson guitar and donate it for permanent display at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
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