Beatles fans have the opportunity to lay their eyes on John Lennon’s long-lost guitar for one week only, before it is expected to fetch a record price at auction in the United States.
Lennon’s Framus 12-string hootenanny acoustic guitar was recently found in an attic in England after 50 years on the missing list. The guitar was used by John Lennon in the recording of The Beatles’ Help! album and film, as well as featuring in some of the band’s greatest hits from the 1960s.
The guitar has made a surprise pitstop in Ireland en route from Britain to New York, where it is to be sold at Julien’s Auctions’ Music Icons two-day auction event at the end of the month and expected to exceed its estimate of $600,000-$800,000 (€562,000 - €748,000). It could make history not only as the highest-selling Beatles guitar but potentially the highest-selling guitar ever sold at auction.
Executive director of Julien's Auctions and Westmeath man Martin Nolan says it is a remarkable find and one he is delighted to bring to the Museum of Style Icons at Newbridge, Co Kildare.
“My motto to everyone is ‘check your attic’,” he says, describing how a helpful son was clearing out an attic ahead his elderly parents’ house move and came across the find of a lifetime.
“While the son was going through the boxes, he found this guitar. He always knew there was a guitar that was gifted to his dad, but never realized that it still existed. He actually never saw the guitar, he's probably about 50 years of age. The owners of it, his parents, thought it was lost because they had moved house and it just went from attic to attic. Suddenly going through and searching boxes and everything going to the skip, they uncovered this guitar.”
“We love the fact that it's here in Ireland. We always get a great response to exhibitions we bring to Ireland because people appreciate this stuff. They love it. And the story behind it makes it so amazing. People are really curious about it. It's a beautiful guitar.”
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