John Lennon guitar sells for millions at auction

AN acoustic guitar that John Lennon used to record many hit songs sold for $2.4 million at an auction to an undisclosed buyer.

Julien’s Auctions said the Gibson J-160E guitar was one of only two flown from America to England in 1962 for Lennon and George Harrison. Lennon used the guitar for about a year before swapping it with Harrison; it later went missing during a Christmas concert in 1963.

The guitar’s whereabouts was unknown for over 50 years until a California man discovered last year that a guitar in his possession may have historical value. John McCaw of San Diego, who bought the guitar in the late 1960s for $275, stumbled on an old magazine story about Harrison, which featured a photo of the instrument which bore similar markings as his guitar.

An expert was able to match the guitar’s serial number, wood grain and markings to the one Lennon used in the early 1960s.

GUNNAR Hansen played the iconic villain Leather Face in the original horror thriller Texas Chain Saw Massacre, he died last week of pancreatic cancer at his home in Maine, his agent said. He was 68.

Hansen starred in the 1974 film that has become a classic among horror-movie aficionados and spawned a series of sequels. In the movie, friends visiting their grandfather’s house are hunted by Leather Face, a chain-saw wielding maniac.

Hansen’s character in the movie “is one of the most iconic evil figures in the history of cinema,” said his agent, Mike Eisenstadt.

In 2013, Hansen published his book Chain Saw Confidential, which gave readers a behind-the-scenes look at how the film was made, Eisenstadt said. It is also revealed that at the time of his death, Hansen was at work on a film called Death House.