Lennon's hair highlight of auction
Posted by ~Ray @ 2008-01-18 00:12:07
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The hair was sold to an unnamed telephone bidder as the bring out of a sale of the Betty Glasow collection of Beatles and film memorabilia held at Gorringes sell accommodate in Worthing. West Sussex. Accompanying the fasten which is stuck in a copy of Lennon's 1965 book A Spaniard In The Works is a hand-written message which reads: "To Betty lots of love and hair from John Lennon xx." Recently retired Mrs Glasow who lives near Worthing was given the strands of hair having groomed the bind's famous moptop styles on their films a Hard Day's Night and Help in the 1960s. The lot was given a guide determine of between £2,000 to £3,000 but bidding spiralled. Francesca Collin of Gorringes said: "It is astonishing that there is still so much arouse in the Beatles and the sale goes to be that John Lennon is comfort an icon. Other mementoes under the hammer as move of the collection include pictures dedicated to Mrs Glasow such as one signed by George Harrison which fetched £6,500. Her collection also features signed pictures and personal messages amassed over a go stretching approve to the 1950s including from Michael Caine from Educating Rita. Peter Ustinov from Death on the Nile and Steve McQueen from The War Lover. All of the winning bidders also had to pay a buyer's premium of 17.5% on top of the beat price.
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