Long-missing John Lennon guitar from “Help!” found in attic
by Boing Boing
Boing Boing— John Lennon played a 12-string Framus "Hootenanny" acoustic guitar in the movie "Help!" George Harrison used it on Norweigan Wood. It later disappeared for almost sixty years but was recently rediscovered in an attic in the UK and will soon go up for auction. — Read the rest
The Scottish Sun—Famous John Lennon guitar found in loft after going missing for 50 years set to fetch eye-watering sum at auction. BEATLE John Lennon’s lost Help! guitar could fetch more than £600,000 at auction — after it was found in a loft. The Framus 12-string Hootenanny acoustic played a pivotal role in the 1965 album, bu
The Guardian—Guitar played by John Lennon on Help!, lost for 50 years, going up for auction. Guitar also played by George Harrison on Norwegian Wood could sell for millions in May auction, alongside other memorabilia including a book of Tupac Shakur’s handwritten lyricsA guitar played by John Lennon and George Harrison in sessions for the albums Help! and Rubber Soul, which has spent the last 50 years lying in an attic, is to go up for auction alongside other memorabilia items such as a handwritten concert setlist by Kurt Cobain, a book of handwritten lyrics by Tupac Shakur and a Fendi...
New York Post—John Lennon's lost 1960s acoustic guitar to go up for auction. A previously lost 12-string acoustic guitar that belonged to the late John Lennon will go up for sale at an auction in May after it was recently found in the attic of a home in Britain.