HANDWRITTEN JOHN SELLS FOR $28,000 AT AUCTION

A letter John wrote to New York-based television host Joe Franklin sold for more than $28,000 Thursday night at the Boston-based RR Auction. In the letter, written on Apple Records stationary in 1971 right after Yoko Ono released her album Fly, Lennon raves about his wife's musical talents and asks Franklin to give her latest LP a listen.

"Of course Yoko can explain her music better in person, this is a kind of introduction.

For something rather more 'straight,' a track called 'Mrs. Lennon' on Fly is an example of her more conservative side," John writes.

"She was trained as a classical musician, and took music composition in Sarah Lawrence College as her major. It's far out, but don't let it frighten you."

The John letter to Franklin was just one of the many Beatles-related items that sold at the October 24 auction. 

A batch of stock transfer sheets from 1969 signed by each Beatle individually sold for over $16,000, since any documents bearing the Fab Four's signatures from 1969 are extremely rare.