A pair of John Lennon‘s tinted glasses along with a collection of photographs taken of The Beatles at Abbey Road are set to go up for auction.
Both the glasses and the collection of photographs taken of the Fab Four at the iconic recording studio in London will be auctioned on Wednesday (July 31) at Farleigh Golf Club in Surrey.
According to BBC, Lennon’s glasses – a pair of round specs with blue-tinted lenses – were gifted to a man who was visiting Abbey Road Studios by the late musician himself back in 1968.
Speaking about the specs, a Catherine Southon Auctioneers & Valuers spokesperson said that they were handed to the man by Lennon after the man saw them placed on top of a piano.
“The young man saw the spectacles lying on the piano and went to pick them up but was told by his then girlfriend to leave them, to which Lennon replied, ‘It’s OK, he can have them’,” they said. They are expected to reach roughly £3,000 at the auction.
A collection of 33 black and white photos taken at Abbey Road will also be auctioned along with the copyright for an estimated £200 to £300. The photographs include shots of Lennon and his bandmates Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr as well as producer George Martin snapped on the day of the photoshoot for The Beatles album cover of the band walking across a zebra crossing.
In other news, Travis recently revealed that the piano used on the single ‘Gaslight’ was the same that The Beatles used on ‘Lady Madonna’.
Elsewhere, Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler recently opened up about the influence of The Beatles on his career, sharing “They were a massive influence, because there was nobody else like them at the time.”