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John Lennon Piano Sells for £2.5m at Auction
John Lennon's Broadwood piano sold for nearly $3.25 million at Christie's New York, setting a new record for Beatles memorabilia, part of the Jim Irsay Collection auction.
- On Thursday, Christie's New York sold John Lennon's Broadwood upright piano for nearly $3,247,000, setting a record for Beatles memorabilia.
- The Jim Irsay Collection: Hall of Fame, assembled by billionaire Jim Irsay, former Indianapolis Colts owner, who died last year at 65, was sold at Christie's New York.
- Christie's said the Broadwood upright piano used to write songs like Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds had a $400,000 to $600,000 estimate but sold for $3,247,000, far exceeding expectations.
- Among other record sales, Sir Ringo Starr's first Ludwig drum kit sold for $2,393,000 and a drum head from his second Ludwig kit fetched $2,881,000, briefly resetting records.
- As the auction concluded on Thursday, Julien Pradels, president of Christie's Americas, said: 'Lot after lot, we felt like we were making history.
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