The Beatles' Legendary Guitar to Be Shown in European Museums, Then Sold at Auction

The electric guitar played by the late British rock band The Beatles' guitarist George Harrison will be auctioned in November, but before that it will be shown in several museums in Europe.

It is reported by Reuters.

Harrison played the Futurama guitar, which he bought at a music store in Liverpool, in the early 1960s when The Beatles performed at the Cavern Club, toured Germany and created their first official records for Polydor.

Auctioneers claim that Harrison played this guitar the most. They call the instrument ‘one of the “holy grails” of historic Beatles guitars’ and expect it to sell for $600-800 thousand.

Harrison said that playing the Futurama guitar was ‘very difficult’, but he liked its ‘futuristic’ look. According to the musician, the guitar had a great sound.

In 1964, Harrison donated the instrument to a rock magazine as a prize in a contest, but it remained with the editor of the publication when the winner chose a cash prize instead of a musical instrument.

The Futurama guitar will be on display at The Beatles Museum in Liverpool for the next two weeks, after which it will be shown in other museums across Europe.

The auction for the guitar will take place from 20 to 22 November in the United States.

As The Gaze previously reported, on 29 May, Julien's Auctions sold a 12-string Framus hootenanny acoustic guitar, which John Lennon used to record several classic Beatles songs, for a whopping $2.9 million.