John Lennon memorabilia, including a leather collar he wore during the 1960s, was auctioned by Christie’s for a total of $400,500.
The auction house called it the “most significant collection of Beatles’ memorabilia to come on the market in over 10 years.”
The items included a colored felt-pen drawing by Lennon ($17,800), a letter with his signature ($9,800) and “Happy Fish,” a pen-and-ink drawing ($17,000).
But the two items that drew the highest bids Wednesday were a leather collar that Lennon wore in 1967 and 1968, which sold for $178,000, and a custom-made Vox Kensington guitar used by Lennon and fellow Beatle George Harrison in 1967, also for $178,000.
The Christie’s auction also sold three items associated with other international stars. An early Elvis Presley U.S. concert poster sold for $17,800, a Salvador Dali-inspired watercolor by Sid Vicious of the Sex Pistols sold for $2,850, and a poster from Jimi Hendrix’s Experience concert sold for $2,700.