Elvis Presley Guitar Sells For $334,000 As Lady Gaga’s Piano Fails To Find A Buyer

A guitar that Elvis Presley was given by his father has sold for $334,000 (£230,000) at an auction in New York. It is thought that Vernon Presley changed the finish on the Gibson Dove to black after his son earned a black belt in karate.

Presley gave the guitar to a fan during a concert in North Carolina in 1975.

Auctioneers Julien's also sold John Lennon's handwritten lyrics for The Beatles' Being For The Benefit of Mr Kite! for $354,400 (£244,000).
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