NEW YORK — A 12-string acoustic guitar that John Lennon played in the 1965 film “Help!” sold at auction for $2.8 million after being lost in an attic for decades, NBC News reported., The 1962 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. John Lennon holds his Framus 12-string guitar (left), the Framus 12-string guitar sits on a stand. John Lennon’s 12-string Framus ...

A piece of music history has sold for a record-setting price. John Lennon's Framus Hootenanny 12-string acoustic guitar was used by Lennon and Beatles bandmate George Harrison during recording ...

The auctioneers said Lennon played the guitar, which is expected to exceed its estimate of $600,000 to $800,000, on the Beatles’ 1965 album “Help!” The guitar was lying in an attic and was ...

The instrument is expected to set a new world record for highest-selling Beatles guitar Rachel DeSantis is a senior writer on the music team at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2019, and ...

A long-lost Framus Hootenanny that belonged to John Lennon has finally been found and will hit the block in New York this month. The storied 12-string acoustic guitar will headline the Music Icons ...

A guitar used by John Lennon has sold for $2,857,500, setting a new record for the highest-selling guitar at auction in the Beatles‘ history. “We are absolutely thrilled and honored to have set a new ...

Lennon bought the Framus Hootenanny in late 1964. By the mid to late ‘60s, the Framus fell into the hands of Gordon Waller of the pop duo Peter and Gordon. He gave the guitar to his road managers, ...

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. The previous Beatles record price was another Lennon acoustic guitar ...

A lost guitar played by John Lennon at height of Beatlemania that had been stashed away in an attic for decades has been sold at auction for more than $2.8 million. The sale makes it the most ...