John Lennon’s I’m Only Sleeping Lyrics to Be Sold at Bonhams Memorabilia Auction

LONDON.- Bonhams Entertainment Memorabilia auction on 15th December 2010 is a must for any fans of the music legend John Lennon. Handwritten lyrics for the Beatles’ hit I’m Only Sleeping, an acoustic guitar used during the Walls and Bridges album recording session and a written note of personal expenses from May 1968 are just a few of the important items up for grabs thirty years after the musician’s tragic death. The most expensive item for sale is a set of handwritten lyrics for I’m Only Sleeping which is estimated to fetch £250,000-350,000. The song can be seen as a reflection of drug-induced reverie, but it is also a personal statement on John’s love of sleeping. His first wife Cynthia stated that he was a heavy sleeper who loved being in bed, and in Maureen Cleave’s famous “…more popular than Jesus” interview with John she noted that “he can sleep almost indefinitely, is prob

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