John Lennon’s Gibson J-160E guitar sells for $2.41 million

The guitar played by John Lennon on The Beatles' first single Love Me Do has sold at auction for $2.41 million. Two Gibson J-160E 'Jumbo' guitars were ordered by Lennon and George Harrison from Rushworth's music store in Liverpool in 1962, after The Beatles were informed they had landed an EMI recording contract. In addition to their first single, Lennon used the guitar on the singles Please Please Me, From Me To You, and on their debut album and its follow-up With The Beatles. At some point the two guitars became mixed up, and the Harrison estate now owns the