A recently discovered guitar that John Lennon used to record multiple Beatles songs in the 1960s before it went missing for 50 years has sold at auction for $2.9 million, becoming one of the most valuable pieces of memorabilia from the band.
Later that year, Mr. Lennon gifted the 1964 guitar, made by the German instrument manufacturer Framus, to Gordon Waller, a member of the British pop duo Peter & Gordon.
Mr. Waller passed it on to one of his road managers, who took the guitar to his home in the rural British countryside and tossed it in the attic, the auction house said.
More than 50 years later, a man in Britain discovered the guitar in his parents’ attic as they were moving out of the house, Darren Julien, a co-founder of Julien Auctions, said in a video.
After they found it — along with its original guitar case — they alerted the auction house in March, Mr. Julien said.
Persons:
John Lennon, Lennon, George Harrison, Gordon Waller, Peter, Gordon, Mr, Waller, Darren Julien, Julien Auctions, Julien
Locations:
Los Angeles, British, Britain