A pair of John Lennon's sunglasses fetched $183,000 at auction
Bill Orchard/Shutterstock’s sunglasses sold for about $183,000 after being put up for auction by the late musician’s former chauffeur Alan Herring.
The lot was sold at Sotheby’s London and was expected to fetch between just £6,000 to £8,000 . Per the listing, the non-prescription specs were likely made by Oliver Goldsmith and they were given to Lennon in 1966 so he could prepare for his turn in Richard Lester’s film,In a statement, Herring explained how he came to own the glasses, saying, “In the summer of 1968 I had picked John up with Ringo and George in Ringo’s Mercedes and driven the boys into the office.
The damage to circular, green-tinted, gold wire-framed sunglasses is limited to a missing screw and some small scratches on the lens.of his decision to sell them, “For my family’s sake, it makes sense for me to say goodbye to my collection now while I can still tell all the stories behind everything.”
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