The former Beatle used the accessory during his infamous 18 months in Los Angeles, from 1973 to 1975
The circular glasses with dark lenses that John Lennon He used during his famous “lost weekend” in Los Angeles appeared again in a auction house.
As part of Music Memorabilia Live Auctionfrom the Prostorethe accessory – valued at US $ 400 thousand, approximately R $ 2.1 billion in the current price – will be among several other rare and collectible items that cross decades and musical genres, including the handwritten lyrics of “Straight ahead”, Jimi Hendrixand the white panama hat used by Michael Jackson In the 1988 success clip, “Smooth Criminal”.
According to the auction website, Lennon He wore the glasses on March 12, 1974, when he and Harry Nilssonboth “completely drunk,” the Smots Brothers during a presentation in TROUBADOUR CLUB. The night watered with alcohol soon resulted in a fight, and Lennon and Nilsson were removed from the site. According to the original catalog of Sotheby’s, Lennon lost its glasses in the riot and the wife of Tommy Smots ended up taking them.
“The boos were so intense that our show was going downhill quickly. No one called because that was just happening, but there was a mess and we stopped the show,” he recalled Smors in the book TICKET TO RIDEfrom Denny Somach. “My wife ended with the glasses of Lennon because of the punches that were dismissed. ”
The “lost weekend” of Lennon happened during its separation from Yoko Onohis second wife, from 1973 to 1975. In this period of 18 months, Lennon started a relationship with the couple’s assistant, May pangwith the incentive of Ono.
“I really needed a space because I was used to being an artist, being free and all this. And when I got Johnas we were always under the spotlight, I lost freedom, ”said Ono in an interview with David Sheffin October 1980. “We were together all the time, 24 hours a day. The pressure was especially strong for me, because it was the one who took John Lennon of the public. I suffered a lot of pressure and my art was also harmed. I suffered a lot and thought I needed to break free from it. I needed space to think. ”
In an interview with Rolling Stone In 1975, shortly after the end of the separation, the journalist Pete Hamill asked Lennon Who had finished the relationship and why they decided to resume. “Well, it’s not a matter of who ended up. And why did we come back?” Lennon. “We came back because it was diplomatically viable … come on. We come back because we love each other.”
Lennon and Ono They remained married until their murder in front of the Dakota building in New York on December 8, 1980.
THE Music Memorabilia Auction It will be open to the public on October 23, at 7am (Pacific time).
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Source: Rollingstone
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