{"id":68813,"date":"2023-12-10T09:16:02","date_gmt":"2023-12-10T09:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordcelnews.com\/?p=68813"},"modified":"2023-12-10T09:16:02","modified_gmt":"2023-12-10T09:16:02","slug":"john-lennons-beatles-grammy-trustee-award-could-auction-for-up-to-500k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordcelnews.com\/celebrities\/john-lennons-beatles-grammy-trustee-award-could-auction-for-up-to-500k\/","title":{"rendered":"John Lennon's Beatles Grammy Trustee Award Could Auction for Up to $500K"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A rare piece of Beatles’ history is hitting the auction block … a Grammy given to John Lennon<\/strong> is expected to bring in a fortune — so, something tells us if you wanna come together with this trophy, ya better be a multimillionaire.<\/p>\n Gotta Have Rock and Roll, the music memorabilia-based auction house, has a unique Grammy Trustee award<\/strong> given to John as one of its many new lots, and this golden trophy is estimated to make up to $500,000 when it closes next week.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n John, Ringo Starr<\/strong>, George Harrison<\/strong>, and Paul McCartney<\/strong> were each given one of the pieces of golden glory in 1972 … and the one up for auction initially went to John.<\/p>\n The Trustee Award is given to those who made significant contributions to the field of recording during their careers as musicians.<\/p>\n Obviously, The Beatles were more than deserving, but according to the auction house John didn’t see it that way — when he was awarded the Grammy over 50 years ago, John told the president of the Grammys, “I’m not a Beatle anymore, you can keep it.”<\/p>\n Since then, the golden gramophone has been in possession of one of John’s close friends, who was also a former head of Apple Records, but now a lucky, wealthy fan can secure it for their Beatles collection.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The auction’s got some other great finds in the world of music … including a 14-carat gold and diamond money clip owned by Elvis Presley<\/strong> and a 2004 demo CD from Taylor Swift<\/strong>.<\/p>\n