Unpublished photographs of John relaxing at his holiday home in Ibiza are going up for auction.The two candid shots of John star will be sold off to raise funds for an art student's final degree show.
Ed Robinson, a fine art student at Newcastle University, was given the photos to auction off by his mum.She was given the snaps by her brother, Ed's uncle, who had was
handed three of them as a present by a friend of his called Dale
Utterson.
Dale’s dad Terry ran a chain of music shops with wife Joan and
through his contacts arranged for his son to have a holiday in Ibiza
where he tagged along with a group of photographers to a shoot.
Ed said: “He went on a trip to Ibiza where John Lennon had a villa
and they found out he was up for posing for the photographers.
“My uncle’s friend wasn’t a professional photographer but he went
along with them and he was also allowed to take a few snaps. It wasn’t a
massive deal.
“John Lennon was painting at the time which is a nice little link to the art auction.”
The official photographs taken that day made the papers but Dale’s were never published.
Ed said there were thought to be about 20 of the pictures taken but the negatives had been destroyed in a fire.The pictures have been valued at between £500 and £800.
They'll go on sale at The Fine Art and Postcard Auction in Newcastle.
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