{"id":251195,"date":"2026-04-15T17:36:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T17:36:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/251195\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T17:36:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T17:36:20","slug":"a-lost-taylor-swift-guitar-is-up-for-auction-nbc-5-dallas-fort-worth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/251195\/","title":{"rendered":"A lost Taylor Swift guitar is up for auction \u2013 NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth"},"content":{"rendered":"

For almost 20 years, an acoustic guitar sat covered in dust in the prize closet at New Country 96.3 in Fort Worth<\/a>. It was found during a cleanout of their prize closet and was set to be repurposed when they made a stunning discovery. The acoustic guitar was signed by none other than Taylor Swift.<\/p>\n

It also sports the signatures of several other country music legends, including North Texas’s Eli Young Band, Jewel, and Dierks Bentley.<\/p>\n

It’s something the station’s promotions director said is hard to believe.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was about to reuse the guitar for an upcoming event because the signatures were faded, and the guitar was dusty. But then after closer examination, I recognized one of the signatures \u2026 Taylor\u2019s. I couldn\u2019t believe it!\u201d said Jessica MacKenzie-Williams, promotions director, New Country 96.3.<\/p>\n

The guitar was signed by Swift and bears the year 2008. That’s the year her second album, “Fearless,” was released.<\/p>\n

After verifying many of the signatures on the guitar, Mark \u201cHawkeye\u201d Louis and Michelle Rodriguez of “Hawkeye in the Morning” affectionately dubbed it \u201cThe Lost Taylor Swift Guitar.\u201d <\/p>\n

They’re auctioning it off to raise money for Cook Children\u2019s Medical Center in Fort Worth. Auction proceeds will directly support Cook Children\u2019s and its mission to provide world-class pediatric care, regardless of a family\u2019s ability to pay. At last check, bids for the guitar topped $7,000<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis guitar has already had an incredible journey,\u201d Hawkeye said. \u201cNow it gets to make a difference for kids who need it most.\u201d<\/p>\n

The online auction runs through Friday, April 17, at 9 a.m. To bid on the Lost Taylor Swift Guitar, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For almost 20 years, an acoustic guitar sat covered in dust in the prize closet at New Country…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":251196,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[15434,116,118,117,66],"class_list":["post-251195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-celebrity-news","tag-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth-headlines","tag-fort-worth-news","tag-local"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251195","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=251195"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251195\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/251196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=251195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=251195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=251195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}