This makes it the costliest Beatles guitar ever auctioned, the public sale home Julien’s introduced on Wednesday. The decisive bid for the instrument was made by phone, but it surely was not initially disclosed by whom.
The public sale home had beforehand anticipated the best bid to be between 600,000 and 800,000 US {dollars}. The twelve-string Hootenanny instrument from the German producer Framus was utilized by Beatles star Lennon. It may be seen in quite a few pictures from studio classes for the album “Assist!” and in addition within the Beatles movie of the identical title from 1965.
The guitar then made its approach to an attic in southern England, the place it was reportedly saved for greater than 50 years. Lennon gave it to the musician Gordon Waller in 1965, who handed it on to his supervisor. His heirs discovered it within the attic. The public sale home had it extensively restored in order that the guitar might be performed once more.
