John Lennon’s ‘Paperback Writer’ Guitar Purchased By Indianapolis Colts Owner

The guitar that John Lennon used to write the Beatles song “Paperback Writer” has been sold to Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay for $500,000. Rolling Stone reports that the guitar, a Gretsch 6120 Chet Atkins Nashville model hollow body, had been listed for auction but failed to meet its $600,000 reserve.More »

By on March 12, 2015

The guitar that John Lennon used to write the Beatles song “Paperback Writer” has been sold to Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay for $500,000. Rolling Stone reports that the guitar, a Gretsch 6120 Chet Atkins Nashville model hollow body, had been listed for auction but failed to meet its $600,000 reserve, at which point Irsay redoubled his efforts to obtain it at a price that he and the Gretsch’s previous owner, Lennon’s cousin David Birch, could agree on. “He’s a feisty old Englishman,” explains Irsay’s personal guitar curator, Chris McKinney. “It took about 15 figures paddled back and forth before everyone agreed to the $530,000 figure.” Calling it “a significant piece of history,” Irsay told Rolling Stone, “John Lennon’s guitars are as special as it gets. Instruments like this rarely become available, so anything John Lennon used is some of the most important historical musical archives that exist on the planet.” Copyright(c) 2015 RTTNews.com. All Rights ReservedLess «