LENNON'S TUNIC ON SALE
The tunic which inspired the Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album cover will be auctioned today.
It is going under the hammer as part of a sale of John Lennon memorabilia which is expected to fetch around £1.2m.
The military band tunic, worn by Lennon in a Life magazine photoshoot in 1966, is predicted to sell for £30,000.
The Cooper Owen auction, the biggest sale of Lennon memorabilia for 20 years, also includes Lennon's hand-written manuscript of All You Need Is Love.
The manuscript was retrieved from the stage floor directly after the Beatles' final live TV performance in 1967 and is expected to sell for £500,000.
A Yamaha electric piano given to Lennon by Sir Elton John and an oil painting Lennon created while he was a student in Liverpool are also in the sale.
"Every item speaks for itself in terms of rarity, importance, and cultural significance," Cooper Owen managing director John Collins said.
"We're honoured to be passing them on - and the sale itself will celebrate Lennon and his legacy the way it was meant to be celebrated."
The 12 items in the sale, which also include a recording of Lennon and Yoko Ono's children singing Give Peace a Chance, were collected over a 25-year period.
The sale takes place from 7.30pm at The Hippodrome near London's Leicester Square.
The tunic which inspired the Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album cover will be auctioned today.
It is going under the hammer as part of a sale of John Lennon memorabilia which is expected to fetch around £1.2m.
The military band tunic, worn by Lennon in a Life magazine photoshoot in 1966, is predicted to sell for £30,000.
The Cooper Owen auction, the biggest sale of Lennon memorabilia for 20 years, also includes Lennon's hand-written manuscript of All You Need Is Love.
The manuscript was retrieved from the stage floor directly after the Beatles' final live TV performance in 1967 and is expected to sell for £500,000.
A Yamaha electric piano given to Lennon by Sir Elton John and an oil painting Lennon created while he was a student in Liverpool are also in the sale.
"Every item speaks for itself in terms of rarity, importance, and cultural significance," Cooper Owen managing director John Collins said.
"We're honoured to be passing them on - and the sale itself will celebrate Lennon and his legacy the way it was meant to be celebrated."
The 12 items in the sale, which also include a recording of Lennon and Yoko Ono's children singing Give Peace a Chance, were collected over a 25-year period.
The sale takes place from 7.30pm at The Hippodrome near London's Leicester Square.
