CNN —A handwritten letter that John Lennon wrote to Eric Clapton inviting him to be part of a new supergroup is to be offered at auction next month. John Lennon wrote the draft of this eight-page letter to Eric Clapton. The letter hints that Lennon was aware of Clapton’s delicate situation and felt some sympathy with him. International Autograph Auctions Europe, SLHe said he was not pressuring Clapton, but hope that he would seriously consider the idea. Sadly, John Lennon died December 8, 1980 and was never able to see through this idea.”Earlier this year, Christie’s auctioned a host of Boyd’s personal effects, including an anonymous love letter that Clapton sent her in 1970.

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Persons: John Lennon, Eric Clapton, Lennon, Clapton, Klaus Voormann, Jim Keltner, Nicky Hopkins, Phil Spector, Yoko Ono, ” Lennon, Yoko, Lennon’s, George Harrison, Pattie Boyd, Harrison’s, —, Cynthia Powell, Ono, ´, Eric —, ”, John, We’re, Christie’s Organizations: CNN, Beatles, SL, Clapton Locations: Bangladesh, Clapton, Russia, China