A pair of John Lennon's trademark glasses and a guitar smashed by Kurt Cobain are going on sale at auction. The items, which are expected to fetch hundreds of thousands of pounds between them, are among 1,500 instruments and artefacts that will form the Idols: Rock ‘N’ Roll auction later this month.
Other artists whose possessions will be on sale for the Julien’s Auctions event in New York include Amy Winehouse, Tupac Shakur, Prince, Michael Jackson and Elvis Presley. Perhaps the most recognisable lot though will be Lennon's glasses.
The distinctive eyewear became synonymous with the Beatle, who died in 1980. The round wire-rimmed gold tone glasses, often referred to by Lennon as his “Granny” glasses, are expected to fetch 80,000 dollars (£70,000).
