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Beatles Fans Get Ready, A Guitar Auction Wrapped Up in a Story

March 30, 2006 | Posted by Allison as Tremendous Toys at 2:55 pm | Comments »

Now is your chance to own a guitar signed by all the Beatles.  A private collector from the Rock Star gallery will be putting up a guitar, signed by the fab-four, for auction the beggining of April.

“Here is the story on how the autographs were obtained on the guitar: the collector, an avid Beatles fan from Virginia, worked for Baltimore City in the 70s and 80s. During that time period, a close friend of his, a police officer who moonlighted event security at the Civic Center got Dave signed on one of the extra event security workers. This provided him with the opportunity to be backstage for various events. 

“Three out of the four signatures on the Beatles guitar were acquired at various venues (Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, and George Harrison). He was unable to acquire John Lennon’s signature at any of these locations. In early 1980, after several failed attempts to get the remaining signature to obtain the final autograph, he traveled to New York to attempt to get John Lennon’s signature. He went to the Dakota, the building Lennon lived in, and waited patiently outside. On the second day, John Lennon came out on foot and Dave approached him. He explained that he had the other three Beatles signatures but was missing his. Lennon commented…of course, he needed the most important signature…and signed his guitar. The collector kept the guitar in his home in a case. A few years ago, he passed it on to his son who is now putting it up for auction.”

The guitar is said to catch anywhere from $110,000 to $340,000.

Via:  CBTechLive, BornRich