Rare sketch found in notebook uncovered at musician's former home in Surrey, England
John Lennon’s original sketch of the Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album cover was found in a sketchbook at the Beatle’s Surrey, England home. The item will anchor Julien’s Auctions’ upcoming sale in New York City. The “Music Icons 2017” auction will occur May 20, at the Hard Rock Cafe in Times Square.
The paper was found in the former Beatle Home in Surrey where he lived with his first wife Cynthia starting in 1964. Lennon wrote several Beatles hits in the Surrey mansion, as well as much of Sgt. Pepper's. The early album artwork sketch features a bass drum emblazoned with the LP's title and is estimated to be worth between $40,000 and $60,000.
Along with the Sgt. Pepper sketch, "Music Icons 2017" will feature other Beatles memorabilia including a Lennon-signed "Please Please Me" album cover, a George Harrison-signed Fender guitar used by the Beatle and a program page from 1963, which all four Beatles autographed.
track is streaming exclusively, it all adds up to an “intriguing glimpse” at the creative process that birthed the LP.
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