John Lennon's stolen fuitar fetches $2.4 million at auction November 9, 2015 - 13:44 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - A guitar which originally belonged to The Beatles' late star John Lennon but later went missing fetched a fortune at Julien's Auctions. The 1962 Gibson J-160E acoustic guitar went under the hammer for a cool $2.4 million, AceShowbiz reports. Lennon and bandmate George Harrison bought a pair of identical guitars in Liverpool back in 1962. Lennon used it to record "I Want to Hold Your Hand", "Love Me Do", "P.S. I Love You", and other early hits from the Fab Four. The instrument went missing following the band's concert in London in 1963. Its whereabouts was unknown for more than 50 years until a man stumbled into an old magazine story about Harrison's guitar collection and noticed similarities between one of the star's instruments and a guitar that he owned. According to the auction house, an expert confirmed the man's guitar was indeed Lennon's missing one based on the serial number and markings. Another music memorabilia sold at the auction was the drum head used by the Beatles during their historic performance on "The Ed Sullivan Show". It was purchased for $2.05 million. Lennon's prescription glasses and Elvis Presley's gold leaf grand piano were auctioned as well.  Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running”   Partner news |  Latest news Pashinyan: Azerbaijan’s proximity shouldn’t worry border residents  At the same time, he said that he “does not guarantee [the security of villagers] one hundred percent”.Up to 1% cashback when shopping on Wildberries with IDBank cards IDBank is launching an exclusive campaign on Wildberries for online shopping enthusiasts.Pasadena to host Armenian Genocide commemoration event The Pasadena Armenian Coalition will host its community-wide Armenian Genocide Commemorative Event.Armenia: Opposition activist transferred to Investigative Committee Activist Samvel Vardanyan has been accused of insulting the lawmaker Hakob Aslanyan from the ruling Civil Contract party. |
