A guitar bought by George Harrison for about £58 (€70) has sold at auction for $1.27 million (€1.2 million).

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Guitar bought by teenage George Harrison sells for $1m

The instrument fetched twice its initial estimate.

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Guitar bought by teenage George Harrison for £58 sells for more than £1 million

George Harrison's early Beatles guitar has broken a record, selling for millions at auction.

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George Harrison guitar breaks Beatles record selling for millions at auction

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The Futurama electric guitar was bought by The Beatles star when he was a 16-year-old apprentice electrician

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Guitar bought by teenage George Harrison for £58 sells for more than £1m

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A guitar that was one of Beatles guitarist George Harrison’s favorite instruments at the beginning of his music career has been auctioned off at a high price.

Eine Gitarre, die zu Beginn seiner Musikkarriere zu den Lieblingsinstrumenten von Beatles-Gitarrist George Harrison gehörte, ist teuer versteigert worden.

Legendäre Beatles-Gitarre in New York teuer versteigert

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Legendary Beatles guitar auctioned at high price in New York

The electric guitar was bought by The Beatles star when he was a 16-year-old apprentice electrician in 1959

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A guitar bought by George Harrison for about £58 has sold at auction for more than £1 million. The Futurama electric guitar was bought by The Beatles star when he was a 16-year-old apprentice electrician in 1959 and was paid for in 44 instalments after his mother signed a hire purchase agreement at Frank Hessy’s music shop in Liverpool. It went under the hammer in Nashville, Tennessee on Wednesday at Julien’s Auctions’ Played, Worn & Torn sale, …

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Following the record-breaking sale of a long-lost John Lennon guitar in May, a George Harrison axe has followed suit. The Quiet Beatle’s 1958 Resonet Futurama solid body electric guitar was up for sale at Nashville’s Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum as part of Julien’s Auctions Played, Worn & Torn II two-day event. Among items previously owned and used by Freddie Mercury, Elvis Presley and Michael Jackson was the instrument that Harrison most f…

Guitar bought by teenage George Harrison sells for $1m

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