Music | July 17, 2008 | 8 comments

Lennon 'Peace' lyrics sell at auction for $800,000

source: http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/lennon_peace_lyrics_sell_at_auction_f...

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When Gail Renard of Montreal met John Lennon and his wife Yoko Ono during their "Bed-In Protest For Peace" at Montreal's Queen Elizabeth Hotel, she never expected to be given such a peace of rock history. After interviewing the couple for her high school newspaper, Renard was given a handwritten piece of paper with the lyrics to "Give Peace A Chance" as a thank you gift. Thirty nine years later, she sold the lyrics for $833,654CDN at Christie's Auction on July 11th.

Christie's spokeswoman Zoe Schoon claimed that "Lennon gave the sheet to [16-year-old] Gail Renard during the eight-day Bed-In."

This is not the first piece of Beatles memorabilia to be sold this week, 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. A champagne bottle with all of the Beatles signatures scrawled across it also sold at auction for a staggering £7,500. The bottle was used as a prop in the Beatles "Strawberry Fields Forever" promotional film, released in 1967.
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8 comments // Lennon 'Peace' lyrics sell at auction for $800,000

  • passjay
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      passjay  

    • i can dit it, and it is also great that his family can still 4 today reap the benefits of his music. Even though it is a mire $800,000 lol.

    • 3 years ago
  • Argon18
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      Argon18  

    • I bet they're going to sell them to Domino's for much more so they can use them in a commercial.

      "All we are saying, is give Pizza a chance!"

    • 3 years ago
  • huntre
  • WorldPeaceTV
  • squeege
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      squeege  

    • Damn. I wonder how Mr. Lennon would feel about this. I bet he would donate much or all of the money to good causes though.

    • 3 years ago
  • JudahEvan
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      JudahEvan  

    • I don't get how price anchoring works here. Is there a discernible market for original song lyrics written on napkins? Do we know how much "Let It Be" or "Power to the People" is worth? You know, come to think of it, I thought we were kind of in an economic downturn. I guess the super wealthy have money for everything every time.

    • 3 years ago
  • bluestranger
  • necrotized
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      necrotized  

    • While it's certainly laudable as being a historical item, it's amazing what people will pay for such small, seemingly insignificant things.

    • 3 years ago
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