John Lennon’s Guitar From The Attic To The Land of Millions

Decades later, the guitar’s new owners, living in the countryside, discovered the guitar during their move and put it up for auction with an estimate of between £485,000 and £647,000.

The guitar was expected to fetch between 600 and 800 thousand dollars, but it fetched three times the amount and was sold to a bidder over the phone.

German made

The Hootenanny 12-string acoustic guitar was manufactured by the German company Framus in the early 1960s, and Lennon purchased it in late 1964. 

Later that year, according to the Billboard website, John Lennon gave   his guitar to the British pop duo Peter and Gordon, who gave the guitar to one of them, who in turn took the guitar to his home in the British countryside, and threw it in the attic.

“We are delighted to have achieved a world record for John Lennon’s lost guitar,” David Goodman, CEO of Julien’s Auctions, said in a statement. 

He added: “This guitar is not just a piece of music history, but a symbol of John Lennon’s enduring legacy.”

 The Beatles singer famously used “Hootenanny”, and it can be heard on such legendary Beatles tracks as “You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away”, “It’s Only Love”, “I’ve Just Seen a Face”, “Help!”

 Fellow Beatle George Harrison also used it to play “Norwegian Wood,” and the guitar can be seen in multiple scenes from the movie “Help.”