Tuesday, April 20, 2004
nbc4.com - Entertainment - Autograph Believed To Be Lennon's Last Goes On Auction Block
What is believed to be the last autograph John Lennon gave is now for sale.
The late former Beatle drew a picture of himself and Yoko Ono and signed it as he was leaving the Record Plant Studio in New York on Dec. 9, 1980.
The autograph was for Rabiah Seminole, a switchboard operator at the studio. Fifteen minutes later, Lennon was shot outside his New York apartment.
It's believed to be the last autograph he signed. The one he signed for his killer, Mark David Chapman, was six hours before he died.
The autograph is being sold through the auction Web site Moments in Time. The opening bid is $325,000.
Seminole told the British Broadcasting Corp. that she doesn't want to capitalize on Lennon's death, but she knows he was a nature lover and he'd approve of her selling it to benefit her horse sanctuary in Virginia.
What is believed to be the last autograph John Lennon gave is now for sale.
The late former Beatle drew a picture of himself and Yoko Ono and signed it as he was leaving the Record Plant Studio in New York on Dec. 9, 1980.
The autograph was for Rabiah Seminole, a switchboard operator at the studio. Fifteen minutes later, Lennon was shot outside his New York apartment.
It's believed to be the last autograph he signed. The one he signed for his killer, Mark David Chapman, was six hours before he died.
The autograph is being sold through the auction Web site Moments in Time. The opening bid is $325,000.
Seminole told the British Broadcasting Corp. that she doesn't want to capitalize on Lennon's death, but she knows he was a nature lover and he'd approve of her selling it to benefit her horse sanctuary in Virginia.
