Illusionist Uri Geller says he was buyer of John Lennon’s glasses for £40,000

Performer reveals himself as winning bidder for the round spectacles, saying he had been a friend of the Beatle

The spoon-bending magician and mystic Uri Geller has revealed he is the buyer behind a pair of John Lennon’s round glasses at auction, which sold for £40,000 on Wednesday.

The blue-tinted spectacles were sold in an auction on Wednesday at Farleigh golf club in Surrey. They were given by the former Beatle to a man from Surrey as a birthday present more than 55 years ago.