John Lennon's spectacles up for auction

John Lennon's spectacles up for auction
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Tue 17 Jul 2007

[source: NME.com] A pair of spectacles owned by John Lennon have gone up for auction. The gold-rimmed glasses, which the late Beatle wore during the band's Japanese tour in 1966, are attracting bids of more than AU $1million at auction site 991.com. The spectacles are accompanied by a note from the band's translator at the time, Junishi Yore. During their tour, The Beatles were forced to remain virtual prisoners in their Tokyo hotel after they received death threats from religious groups angry at the band's decision to play at the sacred Budokan site. The only people with them were photographer Bob Whitaker and Yore, who Lennon befriended on the trip. When The Beatles left Tokyo, Lennon gave him his prized glasses as a token of thanks for looking after the band. The spectacles remained with Yore until the Beatle's death in 1980 when, in accordance with Japanese folklore, he pushed out the lenses as a lament to Lennon. Bidding will continue until Tuesday July 31.

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