Guitars made with wood salvaged from folk legend Woody Guthrie’s boyhood home to be auctioned

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This March 30, 2014 photo by provided by Gibson Brands, Inc., shows Gibson guitars built using original wood from folk singing legend Woody Guthrie\'s 1860s-era boyhood home, on display in the Gibson Brands Beverly Hills, Calif. showroom. Gibson plans to auction off the eight custom-made guitars on eBay beginning Thursday May1, 2014, to raise money for a 00,000 rebuilding project of Guthrie\'s boyhood home in Okemah, Okla. (AP Photo/Gibson Brands, Inc., Jim Donnelly) NO SALES

TULSA, Okla. – At least two custom-made Gibson guitars crafted with wood salvaged from folk legend Woody Guthrie’s childhood home are scheduled to be auctioned off to the public.

Bidding begins Thursday on eBay and all proceeds will go toward rebuilding the 1860s-era property in Okemah. The $600,000 project is expected to be completed in July.

Eight guitars were made from the wood. The organizers of the Woody Guthrie Home Reconstruction Project haven’t decided whether to offer the remaining six to the public or to private collectors, including historians and famous musicians who have inquired about them.

The auction comes two weeks before the May 15 groundbreaking at the site where the singer’s boyhood London House stood before authorities in the late 1970s ordered it be torn down because it was so rundown.

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