A guitar bought by George Harrison for £58 (S$100) has sold for over £1 million (S$1.7 million) at auction. The late Beatles star's mother paid for the Resonet Futurama instrument in 1959 when he was a 16-year-old apprentice electrician, and he played the instrument at more than 320 Beatles gigs over the years and it has now gone under the...
Martin Nolan of Julien's Auctions holds a 'Futurama' guitar that used to belong to the late George Harrison, former member of The Beatles, at a press conference held by Julien's Auctions to announce its forthcoming sale by auction in Liverpool, Britain, Oct 3, 2024.A guitar bought by George Harrison for £58 has sold for over £1 million at auction.
Martin Nolan, executive director of Julien's Auctions — which sold John Lennon's acoustic guitar for US$2.85 million earlier this year — said the lot had set a world record for the highest sale price of one of George's instruments. "We're beyond thrilled to add this Harrison guitar to the Julien's Auctions' million-dollar club, which already includes guitars from John Lennon, Eric Clapton, and Kurt Cobain."
Martin said at the time: "George Harrison's Futurama guitar was The Beatles' north star and one of his most loved instruments in his collection of legendary and prized guitars.
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