John Lennon's guitar valued at more than 4 million will be auctioned

A previously lost 12-string guitar that belonged to the late John Lennon will be put up for sale at auction in May after it was recently found in the attic of a house in Britain.

Auctioneers at the Music Icons auction launched on Tuesday (23) said the guitar, which is expected to exceed its estimate of US$600,000 (about R$3 million) to US$800,000 (R$4 million), was used to record the Beatles' 1965 album “Help!”

The instrument was rediscovered after auctioneers received a call from a son of the current owners after he found the instrument lying in the attic while moving house.

The founders of US-based Julien's Auctions said they traveled to Britain to check the guitar and found the original case, an Australian-made Maton guitar case, in the rubbish.

Martin Nolan, chief executive and co-founder of Julien's Auctions, told Reuters that the owners knew they had the instrument at one point but thought it had been lost.

The guitar is believed to have ended up in his hands after a short chain of ownership that involved Lennon and British musicians Peter Asher and Gordon Waller, members of the 1960s pop duo Peter and Gordon.

“Gordon got it as a gift from John Lennon, then Gordon gave it to his road manager, and that’s where the guitar stayed all these years,” said Nolan.

The guitar will be auctioned on May 29th at the Hard Rock Cafe in New York and on the auctioneer's website.

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Earlier this year, a stolen Hofner bass belonging to Paul McCartney was found and returned to his fellow Beatle after a 51-year global manhunt.

Musical instruments belonging to prominent members of the Beatles have fetched a high price at previous auctions.

In 2015, a guitar stolen from Lennon in the 1960s was sold for US$2.41 million (about R$12 million) at an auction in California.

The 12-string guitar will be on display at Hard RockCafe Piccadilly Circus until the end of April.

The May auction also includes memorabilia from late singers Amy Winehouse, Tina Turner and Michael Jackson, as well as rockers Adam Clayton of U2 and Freddie Mercury of Queen.

Produced by Will Russell and Lisa Giles-Keddie

Source: CNN Brasil

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