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'Sgt. Pepper' drum sells for $1million

Published: July 11, 2008 at 9:46 AM
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A picture of The Beatles looks down from a wall at a candle light vigil in honor of the 25th anniversary of John Lennon's death held at the site of Lennon's star on the 'Hollywood Walk of Fame' in Hollywood December 8, 2005. Lennon died at age 40 while enroute to the hospital after being shot by Mark David Chapman December 8, 1980 in New York. (UPI Photo/ Phil McCarten)
A picture of The Beatles looks down from a wall at a candle light vigil in honor of the 25th anniversary of John Lennon's death held at the site of Lennon's star on the 'Hollywood Walk of Fame' in Hollywood December 8, 2005. Lennon died at age 40 while enroute to the hospital after being shot by Mark David Chapman December 8, 1980 in New York. (UPI Photo/ Phil McCarten) | Enlarge Enlarge
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LONDON, July 11 (UPI) -- A drum pictured on the cover of an iconic Beatles album has been sold at an auction in London to a private collector for $1 million.

The hand-painted bass drum, which appeared on the cover of the 1967 LP, "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band," went for four times the estimated amount at a Christie's sale of rock memorabilia Thursday, the Daily Express reported.

A pair of glasses worn by John Lennon sold for about $80,000 and his handwritten lyrics for the song "Give Peace a Chance" went for more than $840,000, the newspaper said.

"Sgt. Pepper" was the British rock 'n' roll band's eighth studio album. It included the songs "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band," "With a Little Help from My Friends," "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds," "When I'm Sixty-Four," "Good Morning Good Morning" and "A Day in the Life."


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