Lennon and George Harrison played the Framus 12-string Hootenanny acoustic on Help! and Rubber Soul
George Harrison playing John Lennon’s lost Framus 12-string Hootenanny guitar while Paul McCartney sees. JULIEN’S AUCTIONS, BEATLES ARCHIVAL PHOTOS: BEATLES PHOTO LIBRARY
After being found in an attic,John Lennon‘s popularAssist!guitar is headed to auction as part of the upcoming“Music Icons” saleat Julien’s Auctions on May 29 and 30.
Both Lennon andGeorge Harrisonplayed the Framus 12-string Hootenanny acoustic guitar while makingAssist!— both the album andaccompanying movie— in addition toRubber SoulLennon can be seen strumming it in the efficiency of “You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away” in theAssist!film, while it’s unique 12-string shimmer likewise beautified tunes like“Help!”“It’s Only Love,” “I’ve Just Seen a Face,” “Girl,” and “Norwegian Wood.”
The Framus later on wound up with Gordon Waller, the Scottish singer-songwriter who was half of the duo Peter and Gordon (with Peter Asher), and after that Waller passed it along to among Peter and Gordon’s roadway supervisors. Fifty years later on, it was found in an attic in the British countryside, while the initial guitar case (made by the Australian business Maton) was discovered in the garbage and saved.
The Framus guitar presently has actually an approximated cost of $600,000 to $800,000, however it’s anticipated to bring even more than that and possibly exceed the$2.4 million costofLennon’s Gibson J160Ewhen it offered in 2015. The lot consists of the guitar, the Maton case, and a copy of the bookThe Beatles: Photographs From the Set of Helpincluding images by Emilio Lari.
Darren Julien, co-founder and executive director of Julien’s Auctions called the discovery theAssist!guitar “the best discover of a Beatles guitar given that Paul McCartney’s lost 1961 Höfner bass guitar.” He continued: “Finding this amazing instrument resembles discovering a lost Rembrandt or Picasso, and it still looks and plays like a dream after having actually been maintained in an attic for more than 50 years. To awaken this sleeping appeal is a spiritual honor.”
TheAssist!guitar is among over 1,000 lots that’ll be included in the “Music Icons” sale. Other highlights consist of a Fender P Bass played by U2’s Adam Clayton (plus Clayton’s stage-worn Rick Owens tee shirt, trousers, and tennis shoes); Mick Mars’ signedWomen GirlsKramer KM-1 guitar (utilized in Mötley Crüe’s “You’re All I Need” video); Tina Turner’s customized Versace gown used throughout the “Wildest Dreams” trip in the mid-Nineties; and a set of Onitsuka Tiger high-top tennis shoes Freddie Mercury endured phase in 1979, in addition to the vocalist’s red vinyl trousers.