John Lennon's guitar sells for $2.4 million at auction

[rooster59]

John Lennon's guitar sells for $2.4 million at auction

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — An acoustic guitar that John Lennon used to record and write "Love Me Do," ''I Want to Hold Your Hand" and other hit songs sold for $2.4 million at auction.

Julien's Auctions said the Gibson J-160E guitar was sold Saturday to an undisclosed buyer.

The auction house said the guitar was one of only two of its type flown from America to England in 1962 for Lennon and George Harrison. Lennon used the guitar for about a year before swapping it with Harrison; it later went missing during a Christmas concert in 1963.

The guitar's whereabouts was unknown for over 50 years until a California man discovered last year that a guitar in his possession may have historical value.

John McCaw of San Diego, who bought the guitar in the late 1960s for $275, stumbled on an old magazine story about Harrison, which featured a photo of the instrument which bore similar markings as his guitar.

An expert was able match the guitar's serial number, wood grain and markings to the one Lennon used in the early 1960s, Julien's Auction said in a news release.

The drum head that the Beatles used in their landmark performance on "The Ed Sullivan Show" was auctioned Saturday for $2.1 million, the auction house said.

-- (c) Associated Press 2015-11-08

[JetsetBkk]

it later went missing during a Christmas concert in 1963.

So someone nicked it?

Wouldn't it still belong to Lennon's estate?

[flynn]

Should belong to Georges estate if John swapped it,

[Emster23]

Interesting. Here's a link to a cool site that covers fab four guitars, for those interested in such things. John didn't give much care to his guitars, I'd go $800 tops and then take it down to the beach.http://www.thecanteen.com/lennon4.html

[GOLDBUGGY]

A good time for Paul to sell his and help pay for his past Divorce.

[MockingJay]

Imagine all the people, respectively orphaned children, who could receive proper care, food and education for 2.4m USD... Instead - someone pays that crazy money for a stupid guitar...

[JetsetBkk]

Imagine all the people, respectively orphaned children, who could receive proper care, food and education for 2.4m USD... Instead - someone pays that crazy money for a stupid guitar...

I say you're a dreamer, but you're not the only one.

[mickyboy]

Imagine all the people, respectively orphaned children, who could receive proper care, food and education for 2.4m USD... Instead - someone pays that crazy money for a stupid guitar...

i proberly spent over say 40 years £50.000 on beer women and fun if not double that and got nothing for it but headaches heartaches and empty pockets is that a waste of money

[JetsetBkk]

Imagine all the people, respectively orphaned children, who could receive proper care, food and education for 2.4m USD... Instead - someone pays that crazy money for a stupid guitar...

i proberly spent over say 40 years £50.000 on beer women and fun if not double that and got nothing for it but headaches heartaches and empty pockets is that a waste of money

George Best quote: "People ask me what I did with my money: I spent quite a lot of it on booze, women and fast cars; the rest I just frittered away."