Items from the late blues singer B.B. King’s estate are set to be auctioned by the California-based auction house Julien’s Auctions on September 21 in Beverly Hills.

The items for auction include King’s instruments, stage-worn jackets, jewelry, awards and various other personal items.

Also going on auction is King’s beloved Gibson ES-345 prototype guitar, dubbed “Lucille,” which was gifted to him by Gibson as an 80th-birthday-present.

While not King’s first guitar to bear the name “Lucille,” the guitar is still estimated to be worth between $80,000 and $100,000.

The 15-time Grammy Award-winning singer, who passed away in his sleep in May of 2015, was the “founding father of the electric blues, who inspired a generation of musicians and artists” and was also inducted into the Blues Foundation Hall of Fame in honor of the contributions he made within his six decade-spanning career.

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