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| Posted By | Discussion Topic: Lennon Hate Letter to McCartney Doesn't Sell. | ||||
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| GonzoStyle | posted on 10-05-2001 @ 6:18 AM |    | |||
| Hanger-On Registered: Jan. 70  | Lennon Letter Fails to Sell The Associated Press Oct 4 2001 9:49PM LONDON (AP) - An undated draft of an angry and revealing letter written by John Lennon to Paul and Linda McCartney after the Beatles' 1970 split failed to sell at auction Thursday. Christie's auction house set a minimum price of $96,000. The top bid was only $77,000. The expletive-filled, six-page letter captures Lennon's bitterness during the Fab Four's demise, and his anger at his bandmates' treatment of Yoko Ono. It was not known if the letter was ever revised or sent to the McCartney's. ``I hope you realize what .... you and the rest of my kind and unselfish friends laid on Yoko & me since we have been together,'' Lennon wrote. He also predicted that the McCartney marriage would be over within two years, and railed at the hype surrounding the Beatles' achievements. ``Do you really believe that most of today's art came about because of the Beatles?'' he wrote. ``I don't believe you're that insane Paul ... Didn't we always say we were part of the movement - not all of it? Get off your gold disk and fly.'' Despite the vitriol, Lennon signed the letter, ``Inspite (sic) of it all, love to you both, from us two.'' Christie's pop memorabilia expert, Sarah Hodson, expressed disappointment and said the letter was ``very, very special.'' ``Obviously we would expect it to sell again,'' she said. The letter was put up for auction by an undisclosed seller.  "These dead shall not have died in vain; that this nation shall have a new birth of freedom; and that this government of the people, by the people for the people, shall not perish from the earth." -- Abraham Lincoln She-Mail Me Here | ||||
| IkeaBoy P.L.F. Portugese Liberation Front- Liberating Status' everywhere from the Tyranny of Portugal I will die a traitor's death | posted on 10-05-2001 @ 4:00 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Veteran Registered: Sep. 00 | I'm surprised it didn't sell, I'd be interested in reading it. "I didn't realize how tragic it [the WTC attack] was until the celebrities told me"- Ron Bennington | ||||
| PeterDragon | posted on 10-05-2001 @ 10:08 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Jan. 01 | quote: Hmmmm Who didn't like McCartney and loves to sell stuff ...............  | ||||
| GonzoStyle | posted on 10-06-2001 @ 12:45 AM | | |||
| Hanger-On Registered: Jan. 70 | quote: Fuckin Ringo!!!! "These dead shall not have died in vain; that this nation shall have a new birth of freedom; and that this government of the people, by the people for the people, shall not perish from the earth." -- Abraham Lincoln She-Mail Me Here | ||||
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