Reclusive Music Heir Donates Vintage Guitar And Mandolin Collection To Nashville University
The entire 500-piece collection was gifted to Belmont University, and the school has opened a gallery to share them with students and the public.
Steven Kern Shaw died unceremoniously in hospice care in August 2015 at age 72. No one wrote an obituary.
Yet what this guitar and mandolin collector amassed in his life is astounding: signed Gibson F-5 mandolins — reportedly the finest mandolins ever made — Martin guitars and more.
The entire 500-piece collection, worth $9.5 million, was gifted to Belmont University in Nashville. The school has opened the Gallery of Iconic Guitars to share them with students and the public.
Shaw was the son of clarinet player and band leader Artie Shaw and
