Guild F-47 steel string acousticincluding two letters of authenticity by previous owener Robert Fleischman
Lot 315
A Guild F-47 acoustic guitar used by John Lennon during the 'Walls And Bridges' album recording sessions, 1974,
Sold for £12,000 (US$ 20,494) inc. premium
Auction Details
Lot Details
A Guild F-47 acoustic guitar used by John Lennon during the 'Walls And Bridges' album recording sessions, 1974,
serial 68048 impressed to rear of headstock and on paper label inside body under sound hole, bound body and neck, tortoiseshell-style scratchplate, fingerboard with block markers, inlaid logo to headstock, in original shaped, hard case

Footnotes

  • Two letters of authenticity accompany the guitar, one from Robert Fleischman, who acquired the guitar whilst recording his album, 'Perfect Stranger' in New York. During these sessions he needed an acoustic guitar and the album Producer, Jimmy Iovine, informed him that his engineer had a guitar for sale. Fleischman duly purchased it and was told that Lennon had used it for the 'Walls And Bridges' recordings.
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