SPECTACLES GIFTED BY JOHN LENNON IN 1968 SOLD FOR £51,040 INCLUDING BUYERS PREMIUM

SPECTACLES GIFTED BY JOHN LENNON IN 1968 SOLD FOR £51,040 INCLUDING BUYERS PREMIUM

SPECTACLES GIFTED BY JOHN LENNON IN 1968 SOLD FOR £51,040 INCLUDING BUYERS PREMIUM AT AUCTION – BOUGHT BY BRITISH-ISRAELI ILLUSIONIST/MAGICIAN URI GELLER and TO BE DISPLAYED IN THE URI GELLER MUSEUM, ISRAEL.

THE AUCTIONING OF THE GLASSES TOOK 15 MINUTES AND ENDED WITH A BATTLE BETWEEN PHONE AND INTERNET BIDDING.

‘AUCTIONEER CATHERINE SOUTHON was absolutely thrilled with the result of the auction of the glasses and delighted that they will be part of such an iconic collection.’ ‘Uri and John Lennon were friends so it’s a great end to this wonderful story’. ‘These glasses will be on display amongst all the other items that John Lennon personally gave Mr Geller’.

Bought in to a valuation day in Warlingham, Surrey by local resident 

The round blue tinted John Lennon style round glasses were given by Lennon to a young man in Abbey Road whilst he was visiting the studio with his girlfriend in 1968 on his birthday. 

The young man saw the spectacles lying on the piano and went to pick them up but was told by his then girlfriend to leave them, to which Lennon replied ‘it’s okay, he can have them’. It is not certain who the glasses belonged to. The glasses were estimated at £2000-3000. 

The glasses are also sold alongside a collection of thirty three black and white photographs taken by the owner in 1968 and 1969 when he visited Abbey Road. A number of the photographs include Paul McCartney, George Harrisson, George Martin and Ringo. Some of the images were taken on the same day as the photoshoot for the famous ‘Abbey Road’ album when the Beatles walk across the zebra crossing. The photographs were sold with copyright and had a pre-sale estimate of £200-300 and were sold for £3317.00.

The glasses and photographs went up for auction on July 31st with Catherine Southon Auctioneers at Farleigh Golf Club.