Posted on 06/10/2015 10:21:41 PM PDT by nickcarraway
I’d let John McCaw sit in a jail cell until he “remembers” who he bought it from. If he can’t, I’d be forced to assume he stole it himself.
“what it meant and could mean to the world.”
Sooo like, anything “Beatles” should mean something to the world? Like they were Beyonce’, Justin or somebody kewl like that?
The article further states: The Gibson's immaculate condition adds to the wonder of the find.
You're right. Either the guitar is immaculate, or it is scratched up from being played roughly ontour...
Identified beyond a reasonable doubt?
My thought, too. There should be no problem establishing ownership.
I am calling the story BS that instrument hasn’t seen 45 years of abuse teaching kids to play.
I saw that too.
Well, we’ve established the authenticity...it’s really one of Lennon’s.....it’s in great shape.....it’s worth millions on the open market...I’ll give you forty bucks for it.
Yeah, you might have the same guitar, but did you ever perform in your underwear with a toilet seat around your neck?
Oddly enough you should say that. Mark David Chapman dropped the album cover he got signed the night he killed John Lennon.
Some fan on the scene picked it up. The police took possession of it for the investigation but returned it to the fan. It has been sold several times since at auction.
If “found” items can be sold, then the smartphone companies have no claim that every phone found in public is “stolen goods”.
Just dang. I was in Austin over the weekend and visited the Capitol bldg. Wish I had known of this before. Last time i was at the LBJ museum was 1974 to see Walter Cronkite give a speech, the highlight of which was a "Streaker" running across the stage behind him.
1. How many of this model of guitar were manufactured?
2. How many of those have been played rough in the past 52 years?
3. How do the answers to these two questions prove that this was Lennon’s guitar?
Was there something else found in the process of authentication that isn’t reported here? Because I’m not buying the logic.
I thought all Gibson products have serial numbers. If so, Gibson could confirm this guitar was sold in England.
#12 like prince Harry picking the actress.
“you could have your choice of millions of women and this is what you pick?”
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