The guitar, used on a string of ... sides, and neck, and flat, 19 nickel silver fret rosewood fingerboards. ... The Framus ...

John Lennon's Framus Hootenanny guitar, used by the late Beatle on the band's 1965 'Help!' album, sold at auction for nearly five times its estimated price.

A 12-string guitar played by Beatles stars John Lennon and George Harrison and thought to have been lost for almost 60 years has sold at auction for a whopping $2.9 million. The acoustic Framus ...

How did a 12-string Framus Hootenanny guitar that was owned by John Lennon end up at an L.A. repair ... He had to remove the neck from the body of the guitar and then put it back on at a better ...

The Framus is expected to smash its estimate of $600,000–$800,000, making it the highest of sums anticipated for the sale’s other artifacts, which include guitars, stage-worn fashions, and set ...

The Framus later ended up with Gordon Waller, the Scottish singer-songwriter who was one-half of the duo Peter and Gordon (with Peter Asher), and then Waller passed it along to one of Peter and ...

John Lennon's 1964 Framus 5/024 Hootenanny famously played on the title track of The Beatles' 1965 album Help! – and believed lost for more than 50 years – is heading to auction next month ...

The 1964 12-string Framus Hootenanny guitar, which both Lennon and George Harrison played during the making of "Help!" and "Rubber Soul" in 1965, was considered missing for 50 years.

Other offerings include Tweedy’s 1960s Framus “Big 18” double-neck electric guitar; a six-keyboard yellow Wurlitzer MKS-470; a Harmony Buck Owens H169 “American” red, white, and blue ...

The Framus guitar currently has an estimated price of $600,000 to $800,000, but it’s expected to fetch far more than that and potentially surpass the $2.4 million price tag of Lennon’s Gibson ...