A collection of John Lennon memorabilia worth an estimated 2m dollars (1.1m pounds) is to be auctioned in London on Thursday. The memorabilia, which has taken more than 25 years to assemble, spans the Beatle's life from his art school days in Liverpool to his final solo album.
Lots include the tunic that inspired the Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album cover and a handwritten manuscript of All You Need Is Love.
The auction will take place at the Hippodrome in central London.
The military band tunic, worn by John Lennon for a Life magazine photo shoot in 1966, is predicted to sell for £30,000.
Meanwhile, the manuscript - retrieved from the stage floor directly after the Beatles' final live TV performance in 1967 - is expected to fetch £500,000.
'Irreverent'
"The items in this sale combine all the best elements of the man himself," said Ted Owen, director of auctioneers Cooper Owen.
"It is iconic, idealistic and irreverent."
Other items up for grabs in the sale include a pair of Lennon's distinctive round spectacles, an original art school painting and the Ivor Novello award he won in 1964 for She Loves You.
Lennon's fellow Beatles are also represented, with George Harrison's 12-string guitar and a Rupert the Bear book that used to belong to Sir Paul McCartney among the other lots.
However, the Beatles are not the only music legends whose former property will go under the hammer.
The auction will also feature a Sex Pistols drum kit, a rare left-handed Jimi Hendrix guitar and a handwritten Bob Dylan set list.
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LONDON (Reuters) - A handwritten song lyric used by John Lennon and found on the floor of a television studio in 1967 is set to fetch 500,000-600,000 pounds at an auction on Thursday, organisers said.
The manuscript is part of a pop memorabilia sale featuring clothes, paintings and musical instruments from Lennon, Jimi Hendrix and others.
The "All You Need Is Love" manuscript was used by Lennon during a television performance by the Beatles and could be seen on film footage dropping to the floor after the song was performed, said Ted Owen, director of auctioneers Cooper Owen.
A girl working for the BBC at the time retrieved the lyric from beneath Lennon's music stand. She has provided a letter of authenticity for Thursday's sale.
"If this lyric reaches 500,000 pounds, and it could well go for a lot more, it would have doubled the world record price (for a pop manuscript)," said Owen.
Other highlights include a military-style tunic worn by Lennon that inspired the Beatles' famous "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" record sleeve.
Owen expects the sale to fetch 1.5-2.0 million pounds and the Lennon memorabilia alone to raise 1.2 million pounds.
i have a rather funny questions do you weigh pounds or count them????oh never mind...well wait you weigh in stone......hmmm so if you smoke pot you get money????? signed a concern fabrication
manuscript of All You Need Is Love: 600.000 pounds (about 1.3 million USD) Lennon's jacket, inspiration for Sgt Pepper: 100.000 pounds (about 231.000 USD) Piano from John appartment in New York: 140.000 pounds (about 323.000 USD) A pair of glasses in an adressed box to John: 55.000 pounds (about 127.000 USD)
It sounds ridiculous to me, but it might be worth it.
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