“The missing guitar” of John Lennon, a participant in the world-famous British music group The Beatles, was sold for about $ 2.9 million at a auction in New York.
The statement of the auction house Julien notes that the 12-string acoustic guitar of Lennon, which was considered lost more than 50 years ago and was found in the attic, was put up for sale.
The guitar was sold at a record price – 2 million 857 thousand dollars, the report said.
The guitar was used by Lennon and his colleague in the group, guitarist George Harrison, during the recording of the albums “Help” and “Rubber Soul”, published in 1965. In addition, Lennon played this guitar during the performance of the song You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away in the movie Help.