The
guitar
John
Lennon
was
playing
____________________
he
first
met
Paul
McCartney
could
fetch
up
to
£100
,
000
when
it
is
put
____________________
for
auction
by
Sotheby's
in
London
next
month
.
The
Gallotone
"
Champion
"
acoustic
guitar
is
the
earliest
Beatles
guitar
to
be
offered
____________________
auction
.
The
17
-
year
-
old
John
Lennon
was
playing
it
while
leading
his
band
the
Quarry
Men
____________________
a
church
fête
in
1957
-
watched
____________________
the
then
15
-
year
-
old
McCartney
.
Sotheby's
Rock
'n'
Roll
specialist
Stephen
Maycock
said
:
"
This
is
the
most
important
and
significant
piece
of
early
Beatles
memorabilia
to
come
____________________
the
market
.
"
The
cherry
-
coloured
Dutch
-
made
guitar
has
been
fully
restored
and
bears
the
"
Champion
"
logo
.
It
is
also
bears
a
brass
plaque
____________________
the
inscription
"
Remember
you'll
never
earn
your
living
by
it
"
.
It
refers
____________________
a
remark
that
Lennon's
Aunt
Mimi
is
thought
to
have
made
out
of
exasperation
at
the
amount
____________________
hours
the
young
Lennon
spent
practising
____________________
the
guitar
rather
____________________
studying
.
But
,
her
nephew
was
out
to
prove
her
anxiety
wrong
and
if
he
had
not
been
playing
his
guitar
once
again
at
the
St
Peter's
church
fête
____________________
Woolton
,
Merseyside
he
might
not
have
had
that
fateful
encounter
.
A
black
and
white
photo
____________________
the
afternoon
shows
Lennon
standing
at
the
front
____________________
the
stage
playing
the
Dutch
-
made
guitar
.
Among
the
crowd
of
spectators
was
the
teenage
McCartney
.
The
two
were
introduced
later
____________________
the
day
as
the
Quarry
Men
set
up
____________________
an
evening
session
in
the
church
hall
.
McCartney
was
impressed
with
Lennon's
ability
to
play
the
guitar
and
remember
lyrics
from
well
-
known
rock
'n'
roll
songs
.
A
former
member
of
the
Quarry
Men
recalled
that
Lennon
bought
the
instrument
____________________
mail
order
a
month
or
so
earlier
,
for
only
£10
.
Forty
-
two
years
on
,
the
guitar
,
which
is
being
sold
____________________
with
Lennon's
typewriter
and
records
____________________
his
early
collection
,
is
expected
to
sell
for
____________________
to
£100
,
000
at
the
Rock
'n'
Roll
Memorabilia
Sale
at
the
Hard
Rock
Café
.
In
September
1994
,
a
tape
recording
of
John
Lennon
singing
and
playing
the
guitar
____________________
the
Quarry
Men
at
the
fête
was
bought
____________________
EMI
Records
for
£78
,
500
at
the
annual
sale
.
