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George Harrison Played This Futurama Guitar in the Early Days of the Beatles. Now It Can Be Yours.
The vintage Futurama, which the late Beatle favored during his band’s formative days, will go under the gavel at Julien’s Auctions this fall. Labeled a “holy grail” by the auction house, the instrument is expected to eclipse the already high pre-sale estimate of $600,000 to $800,000 at a sale in Nashville in November.
One of George Harrison’s Earliest Guitars Could Fetch North of $800,000 at Auction
The Beatle is believed to have played the Futurama guitar in more than 300 performances, including several key moments in the band’s early tenure
The guitar that launched the Beatles is going to the auction block. Here's what George Harrison said about it.
"All the other guitars fell off the wall!" George Harrison recalled when he and Paul McCartney demoed his historic Futurama at the music shop
George Harrison's guitar on show ahead of auction
George Harrison's guitar has gone on public display at a museum in Liverpool ahead of it going under the hammer next month. The Futurama electric guitar was bought by The Beatles star for about £58 when he was a 16-year-old apprentice electrician in 1959.
George Harrison's early Beatles guitar could fetch $800,000 at auction
An electric guitar played by the late guitarist George Harrison in the early days of the Beatles will go up for sale at an auction next month where it could be sold for more than $800,000. Bought from a music store in the band's birth city of Liverpool,
George Harrison guitar bought for £58 as a teenager could fetch more than £750,000 at auction in USA
A guitar bought by George Harrison for £58 when he was a teenager could fetch three quarters of a million pounds plus when it goes up for auction in America | ITV News Granada
Guitar bought by George Harrison for £58 to sell for £750k
The Futurama electric guitar was bought by the Beatles star when he was a 16-year-old apprentice electrician in 1959
Guitar bought by teen George Harrison for £58 set to sell for £750,000
The guitar was originally priced at 55 guineas, which would have been about £58 but was £74 with the hire purchase agreement, Mr Nolan said. He said: “We’re estimating, conservatively, 600,000 to 800,000 US dollars but I think it should sell for more than a million.”
Beatle George Harrison’s teenage electric guitar goes to auction and could sell for US$1m
Futurama guitar, which Harrison's mum paid for in instalments and which he played at hundreds of Beatles gigs, could fetch over US$1 million Somewhere there may be an Englishman who is kicking himself that he passed up a chance to own a George Harrison guitar.
Man turned down Beatles star's guitar for £100 - it will now sell for £750,000
A Beatles fan was offered the chance to win George Harrison’s guitar – but turned it down for cash. AJ Thompson from Saltdean won a magazine competition to take home the guitar or £100 in cash in 1964.
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George Harrison’s Futurama – which starred in the Fab Four’s historic Hamburg tour – is heading to auction
George Harrison’s historic Futurama – which he played extensively ... during which it called the oddball electric guitar “one of the holy grails of historic Beatles guitars”.
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George Harrison's early Beatles guitar could fetch US$800,000 at auction
An electric guitar played by the late guitarist George Harrison in the early days of the Beatles will go up for sale at an ...