THE BEATLES DRUM SELLS FOR £500,000
July 13th 2008 22:15
The Beatles
A drum featured on the cover of The Beatles 'Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’ album has sold for over £500,000 at auction. The hand-painted bass drum was among a collection of 60s memorabilia, which in total fetched over £1 million at auction yesterday. The percussion instrument sold for £541,250, four times its original estimate. Other items under the hammer at London’s Christie’s auction house included John Lennon’s hand-written lyrics for his song 'Give Peace a Chance’, which sold for £421,250. A pair of Jimi Hendrix’s flares fetched £20,000 and one of his Marshall amps dating back to 1966 fetched £25,000. Have a look at some classic Beatles below to take you back to the ‘good old days’. Fan of Mystromusic.com? Then Subscribe to the blog or visit our myspace page www.myspace.com/mystro_music
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