Post by yerblues1968 on Jul 12, 2008 0:30:47 GMT -5
JOHN LENNON'S 'PEACE' SELLS FOR $833,654
Friday, July 11, 2008
usatoday.com
By Don Emmert, AFP
LONDON (AP) — Christie's auction house has sold John Lennon's handwritten lyrics to Give Peace a Chance for 421,250 pounds (US$833,654).
The lyrics were written during Lennon's 1969 Bed-in protest for peace at The Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal.
John and Yoko recording Give Peace A Chance. The Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth (commonly called The Queen Elizabeth Hotel; French: Le Reine Elizabeth). The hotel reached worldwide fame when John Lennon and Yoko Ono conducted their Bed-In and recorded the song Give Peace a Chance in Room 1742 at the hotel, between May 26 and June 2, 1969.
The John Lennon suite at The Queen Elizabeth Hotel, Montreal, Canada. (2.22 minutes)
youtube.com/watch?v=FGtYnoSNRDM
John Lennon and Yoko Ono Bed In preview (1.47 minutes)
youtube.com/watch?v=Ra5_9GtX374
Christie's spokeswoman Zoe Schoon said Lennon gave the sheet to 16-year-old Gail Renard during the eight-day Bed-In.
Associated Press release with Gail Renard of the Give Peace A Chance lyric auction. (1.10 minutes)
youtube.com/watch?v=YA3NCLxgPis
Lennon wrote the lyrics and recorded the song in the hotel room with about 50 guests, who included singer Petula Clark and beat poet Allen Ginsberg.
Christie's also sold a hand-painted drum skin that appeared on the cover of The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album for 541,250 pounds (US$1.1 million) at Thursday's auction.
www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2008-07-10-lennon-lyrics_N.htm?csp=34