Someone paid nearly US$200,000 for a pair of John Lennon’s round sunglasses
- Unnamed buyer offers top bid for sunglasses at Sotheby’s auction
- The Beatles legend had left them behind in the back seat of a car in 1968
A pair of John Lennon’s sunglasses The Beatles legend once left behind in the back seat of a car sold for nearly US$200,000 at an auction in London.
Billed as one of the most famous pair of specs in rock 'n' roll, the round, green-tinted lenses and their golden frame belonged to Alan Herring, the chauffeur for the Liverpool quartet’s drummer Ringo Starr and band mate George Harrison.
“In the summer of 1968 I had picked John up with Ringo and George in Ringo’s Mercedes and driven the boys into the office,” Herring recalled in a statement released by the Sotheby’s auction house.
“When John got out of the car I noticed that he’d left these sunglasses on the back seat and one lens and one arm had become disconnected. I asked John if he’d like me to get them fixed for him. He told me not to worry they were just for the look!”
Herring said he never did get them fixed, and the pair sold for £137,500 (US$183,500) in an online auction to an unnamed bidder on Friday.