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Sgt Pepper's iconic drum sells for $1.12m
Friday, 11 July, 2008
The Beatles' Sgt Pepper drum (AAP)
The iconic bass drum used on the front cover of The Beatles' 1967 album Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band has gone under the hammer for $A1.12m at a rock music-themed sale in London.
Auction house Christie's had estimated that the hand-painted drum skin would sell for around £150,000 ($A311,105), but a bidding war saw its price shoot up to almost four times that.
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John Lennon's hand-written lyrics for Give Peace A Chance also surpassed their top estimate of £300,000 ($A622,215), selling for £421,250 ($A873,690).
A pair of Lennon's trademark tinted prescription sunglasses, which he wore for the cover of the Apple Records single Mind Games, sold for £39,650 ($A82,235).
The Rock and Pop Memorabilia sale at the London auction house raised more than £1.5 million ($A3.11 million) in total, and included items linked to artists from Ella Fitzgerald to Madonna.
A rare recording of the Jimi Hendrix Experience performing at the Woburn Music Festival, at Woburn Abbey, Bedfordshire, in July 1968 sold for £48,050 ($A99,655).
A 1966 Marshall amplifier used by Hendrix in concert between 1967 and 1969 went for £25,000 ($A51,850) and a pair of the legendary musician's stripy flared trousers made £20,000 ($A41,480).
Source: SBS/DPA
Auction house Christie's had estimated that the hand-painted drum skin would sell for around £150,000 ($A311,105), but a bidding war saw its price shoot up to almost four times that.
Click here for more arts and entertainment stories
John Lennon's hand-written lyrics for Give Peace A Chance also surpassed their top estimate of £300,000 ($A622,215), selling for £421,250 ($A873,690).
A pair of Lennon's trademark tinted prescription sunglasses, which he wore for the cover of the Apple Records single Mind Games, sold for £39,650 ($A82,235).
The Rock and Pop Memorabilia sale at the London auction house raised more than £1.5 million ($A3.11 million) in total, and included items linked to artists from Ella Fitzgerald to Madonna.
A rare recording of the Jimi Hendrix Experience performing at the Woburn Music Festival, at Woburn Abbey, Bedfordshire, in July 1968 sold for £48,050 ($A99,655).
A 1966 Marshall amplifier used by Hendrix in concert between 1967 and 1969 went for £25,000 ($A51,850) and a pair of the legendary musician's stripy flared trousers made £20,000 ($A41,480).
Source: SBS/DPA
