John Lennon's stolen fuitar fetches $2.4 million at auctionNovember 9, 2015 - 13:44 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - A guitar which originally belonged to The Beatles' late star John Lennon but later went missing fetched a fortune at Julien's Auctions. The 1962 Gibson J-160E acoustic guitar went under the hammer for a cool $2.4 million, AceShowbiz reports. Lennon and bandmate George Harrison bought a pair of identical guitars in Liverpool back in 1962. Lennon used it to record "I Want to Hold Your Hand", "Love Me Do", "P.S. I Love You", and other early hits from the Fab Four. The instrument went missing following the band's concert in London in 1963. Its whereabouts was unknown for more than 50 years until a man stumbled into an old magazine story about Harrison's guitar collection and noticed similarities between one of the star's instruments and a guitar that he owned. According to the auction house, an expert confirmed the man's guitar was indeed Lennon's missing one based on the serial number and markings. Another music memorabilia sold at the auction was the drum head used by the Beatles during their historic performance on "The Ed Sullivan Show". It was purchased for $2.05 million. Lennon's prescription glasses and Elvis Presley's gold leaf grand piano were auctioned as well. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Surveying works underway in Armenia’s Kirants Surveying works are underway in the Armenian village of Kirants in the northern Tavush province. Armenia calls for prohibiting threats of attacks on nuclear facilities Armenia has raised the need for a treaty prohibiting attacks on nuclear facilities devoted to peaceful purposes. Armenia says ready to extend nuclear plant’s lifetime by 10 years Armenia has taken necessary measures to extend the lifetime of its nuclear power plant until 2036. Ameriabank's Trade Finance portfolio enriched with four prestigious awards from EBRD and IFC Ameriabank received the awards from international financial institutions in recognition of its trade finance operations. |