And talking of the Beatles, John Lennon's handwritten lyrics for 'I'm Only Sleeping', tipped to fetch more than £200,000 when they went on sale at Christie's in London on Wednesday, have failed to find a buyer. The lot, a first draft scribbled in blue felt pen on the back of a phone bill, did not reach its reserve price. A spokeswoman for the auction house said that they were "surprised and disappointed."
Another Lennon related lot, a previously unheard interview with the singer and wife Yoko Ono recorded at their Bed-In For Peace protest in Montreal in 1969, went for £18,000, though. Other memorabilia that sold at the auction included a banjo owned by George Harrison and a catsuit once worn by Freddie Mercury.