Lennon memoirs for sale

A London-based auction house will sell a collection of John Lennon's memoirs.

A major collection of John Lennon memorabilia, including an oil painting from his student days and a handwritten

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All You Need Is Love

manuscript, will go on sale in London in July, an auction house announced on Monday.

Other items on offer include a table from the home Lennon shared with his first wife Cynthia, a tunic thought to have inspired the costumes on the Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band album cover, and a bedspread from his Montreal bed-in' for peace with Yoko Ono.

Cooper Owen, which specialises in auctions of music and film memorabilia, said it expected the July 28 auction at The Hippodrome nightclub in central London to raise $ two million.