Live Auction 14139Out of the Ordinary
JOHN WINSTON ONO LENNON, M.B.E (1940-1980)A PAIR OF AMERICAN CUFFLINKS
Lot 578 Property from the Collection of David Gainsborough Roberts

JOHN WINSTON ONO LENNON, M.B.E (1940-1980)A PAIR OF AMERICAN CUFFLINKS

CIRCA 1964

Closed14 September 2016

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GBP 15,000

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JOHN WINSTON ONO LENNON, M.B.E (1940-1980)
A PAIR OF AMERICAN CUFFLINKS
CIRCA 1964
The circular panels set with onyx of stylised eye design, with hinged bar fittings, one engraved 'J.W.L./ 2-9-64'

By tradition, John Winston Ono Lennon.
Christie's, South Kensington, 4 September 1997, lot 275.

Specialist note

According to the previous vendor, a pair of these cufflinks was given to each member of the Beatle's to commemorate their first live appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show on Sunday 9th February 1964. This pair was obtained by the previous vendor at a charity auction at the WFIL Helping Hand Marathon, Philadelphia, 16-18 May, 1975, at which John Lennon made a guest appearance. The Beatle's first and most famous appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show generated a then record U.S. TV audience of 73 million people and was reported, during its screening, to have resulted in the lowest crime figures in America for fifty years.