Sgt Pepper drum sells for £541,250 ($1.07m) at auction in London

Posted by Hayden Allen on Fri 11th July 2008 at 10:17 AM, Filed in Luxury AntiquesRich And FamousUnusual Luxury

The Beatles Sgt Pepper drum skin used on the cover of the famous album cover has sold for almost four times the estimated price reaching £541,250 ($1.07m).

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It was also a great day for sales for other famous memorabilia too as the collection, which included photos never seen in public before, fetched more than £1.5m ($2.97m) and included John Lennon’s famous lyrics for Give Peace a Chance sold for £421,250 ($833,000).

A pair of tinted prescription sunglasses belonging to Lennon, which the singer wore for the cover of the single Mind Games, raised £39,650 ($78,400) alone!

Recordings of the Jimi Hendrix Experience performing at the Woburn Music Festival in July 1968 went for £48,050 ($95,000), a Marshall amplifier used by Hendrix in concert fetched £25,000 ($49,400) and a pair of his stripy flared trousers made £20,000 ($39,550).

A 1967 Gibson guitar, formerly owned by Pete Townshend of the Who, sold for £32,450 ($64,200).

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