John Lennon ‘Help!’ Guitar Sells for Record-Breaking $2.9 Million
A guitar once owned by John Lennon sold at auction for $2.9 million – $500,000 more than the previous top price for a Beatles item. He had the 12-string Framus Hootenanny acoustic from the band’s early days, using it on the 1965 albums Help! and Rubber Soul. It also appeared in the Help! movie as the group performs “You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away.” The previous Beatles record price was another Lennon acoustic guitar, a Gibson J-160E which sold for $2.4 million in 2015. READ MORE: 29 of the Most Expensive Rock Memorabilia Ever Sold The sale was handled by Julien’s Auctions at the Hard Rock C...