John Lennon's guitar, stolen 50-years-back, now sold for $2.4-m

John Lennon, a member of the Beatles, had lost his guitar 50-years-back. It was subsequently located and has now been sold at an auction in California for an amount of $2.4-m.
This has been reported in news.sky.com dated 8 November 2015.

The Beatles star had used the J-160E acoustic guitar for a year in 1962 and used it to record and write hit songs such as "Love Me Do" and "I Want to Hold Your Hand".
As per its history, novice musician John McCaw had bought it in the late 1960s without knowing it had been stolen from Lennon at a Christmas concert in 1963. This has been revealed by the auctioneer Darren Julien.
The price paid for this guitar surpasses the $965,000 paid at a 2013 Christie's auction for an electric guitar that had been owned by Bob Dylan.
Moreover, a Fender Stratocaster guitar - signed by the likes of Keith Richards, Eric Clapton and Paul McCartney - had sold for a record $2.7m in 2005.
The auction house had also fetched $2.1m for a Beatles drum head that had been used during their historic appearances on the The Ed Sullivan Show in 1964.


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