"I've kept enough back...just enough, " Clapton says in an interview published in the auction catalog.
Clapton, who also has an impressive collection of watches, plans to keep on buying.
Mr Staunton says Clapton's career has been largely scandal-free - save the affair that sparked Layla.
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"But Clapton has created wonderful entertaining music for the last four decades, " he says.
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Joseph Burke-Monerville, 19, from Islington, was shot in Clapton, east London, at 20:20 GMT on Saturday.
Aberdeen-based Faroe said it was targeting its Clapton prospect in the Norwegian North Sea.
In this excerpt, Eric Clapton writes about his first electric guitar, which he got as a teenager.
He was often hailed as a master of the telecaster, sort of a honky tonk Eric Clapton.
T-Mobile also scored big, thanks to a well-timed My Touch Fender ad featuring Grammy performer Eric Clapton.
"It's one of the greatest things that ever happened, getting this invitation from Eric Clapton, " Gill gushed onstage.
There's also a cherry-red 1964 Gibson, which Clapton refers to as the second good guitar he ever bought.
Now comes a smaller, more select sale of 56 Clapton guitars at Christie's New York on June 24.
When Clapton played his next show, he made a point of playing with a mostly black backing band.
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"See you in three years, " Clapton told the crowd before exiting the stage.
Now 68, Mr. Clapton finds it easy to look back on his career.
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What do Eric Clapton and all four of the Beatles have in common (besides a boatload of musical talent)?
Clapton bought the guitar in 1977 while strolling through the streets of Barcelona.
Other performers partaking in the benefit concert included Eric Clapton, Billy Joel, Alicia Keys, Kanye West and The Who.
These people included Eric Clapton, The Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, and Bruce Springsteen.
Baron Sugar of Clapton, ne Alan Sugar, is a billionaire entrepreneur and the man who tells hopeful contestants "You're Fired!"
"I just want to say it's an honor to be here in honor of Crossroads and Eric Clapton, " said Robertson.
Their rich tone and big sound have been championed by such six-string greats as Gene Autry, Eric Clapton and Elvis Costello.
"Thank you for all those tips on guitar playing that I got from your book, when I was young, " Clapton said.
Of the two younger sons, still in their 20s, all that is known is that one is obsessed by Eric Clapton.
The night ended with just about all of the evening's performers coming back on stage for a jam session with Clapton.
Billy Joel did New York State of Mind, and Eric Clapton and Buddy Guy ran through a taught Hoochie Coochie Man.
Now Mr. Clapton is balancing his desire to keep making music with an aim to direct his energies where they're most needed.
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As he downshifts his career at age 59, Clapton feels it's time to bid goodbye to some of his most iconic instruments.
Clapton has spent a lot of his own money to keep it running, including auctioning the guitar with which he recorded Layla.
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Mr. ERIC CLAPTON (Singer): (Singing) I'm sitting on top of the world.
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