John Lennon 1962 Gibson J-160E Guitar

What is it, and why is it in the FLOAT 100?

The highest-priced Beatles guitar; used to write and record the early Beatles catalog.

Lennon's Gibson J-160E, used on Please Please Me / With the Beatles; lost ~50 years then re-authenticated

What is the best-sourced number for it?

Figure

$2,410,000

Kind

Realized at auction

Date

2015-11-07

A realized auction price is what a buyer actually paid on the date shown, including the buyer's premium where the sale reported it. It is the strongest kind of reference price, and it is a record of one sale of one object on one day, not a promise of what the next example will bring.

By reference price, John Lennon 1962 Gibson J-160E Guitar is number 36 of 100 in the memorabilia entries of the FLOAT 100. 100 of those 100 rest on a realized sale; the rest carry an asking price or a guide value, and each page says which. Rank within the FLOAT 100 itself (35 here) is editorial: how much an object defines its field, not price alone.

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