Peter Green

An interesting story about Peter Green revolves around his 1959 Les Paul.  This is the guitar he used with John Mayall and for most of Fleetwood Mac recordings.  Some guitar geeks consider this model the holy grail of Les Pauls.  And the one used by a famous, trend setting guitarist makes it even more valuable.  So Green decides he doesn't want to play music anymore and looks to get rid of his equipment.  He offers the guitar to Gary Moore, but only at a specific price.  He tells Moore that he paid $345 for the guitar and he would only sell it for the same amount.  Moore agreed.  Years later Kirk Hammet of Metallica purchased the instrument for $2 million.  Green was a great musician and a highly principled man.

Before Moore's also untimely death, "ol Greenie" as he called the guitar was used fairly regularly onstage and in various recordings.
It was NEVER a garage queen as it's extremely worn patina evinced.