John Lennon’s “Give Peace a Chance” Auctioned For $692,000

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Christie's auction house has sold John Lennon's handwritten lyrics to "Give Peace a Chance" for 350,000 British pounds ($692,000) in London, Thursday July 10, 2008. Writer Gail Renard was given the noted by John Lennon himself when he along with his wife Yoko Ono staged the famous bed In demonstration at the Queens Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, Canada in 1969. The drum-skin that was featured on the cover of the famous Beatles album Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band album was sold separately for 450,000 British pounds ($890,000).

Christie's spokeswoman Zoe Schoon said Lennon gave the sheet to 16-year-old Gail Renard during the eight-day Bed-in.

Lennon wrote the lyrics and recorded the song in the hotel room with about 50 guests, who included singer Petula Clark and beat poet Allen Ginsberg.

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