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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Lucinda Cameron

Rare John Byrne painting of The Beatles sells for more than £27,000

A rare painting of The Beatles by the late John Byrne has sold for £27,700 at auction, more than double its original estimate.

In the painting, created in 1969, Byrne represented each Beatle seated beside a “spirit animal” while Yoko Ono is seen in a crystal ball held by John Lennon.

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