- by Scott Colothan
- Friday, July 11, 2008
Sgt Pepper Drum Skin Sells For Half A Million
The drum skin which appears on the famous front cover of The Beatles' 1967 album 'Sgt Pepper' has sold for a massive £541,250 (over $1million) at an auction in London.
The skin was sold at Christie's Auction House in the capital yesterday (July 10) for almost four times the estimated price. It was part of a large rock memorabilia auction which also featured Jimi Hendrix, The Who and Ella Fitzgerald lots.
The second highest bid of the day was for the lyrics to 'Give Piece A Chance' handwritten by John Lennon which sold for £421,250. They were originally given to writer Gail Renard when Lennon and Yoko Ono were staging their 'bed-in' in Montreal in 1969.
Also up for sale was a series of never-seen-before Beatles photographs and a pair of sunglasses worn by John Lennon on the sleeve to 'Mind Games' which went for £39,000.
Elsewhere, a Gibson guitar once owned by Pete Townshend shifted for £32,450, a rare live recording of Jimi Hendrix in 1968 went for £48,050.
You can see where Sgt Pepper came in our Greatest Album Covers of All Time countdown by clicking here



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