John Lennon's 'Abbey Road' Suit Sells For $46,000

STAMFORD, Conn. — The white two-piece suit John Lennon wore on the cover of the Beatles' "Abbey Road" album has been sold at auction in Connecticut for $46,000.

The suit and other Beatles memorabilia were sold Saturday at the Braswell Galleries' annual New Year's Day auction to an online bidder who wished to remain anonymous.

Owner Kathy Braswell tells the Connecticut Post the holiday auction is their biggest event of the year.

The suit was custom made for Lennon by French designer Ted Lapidus.

Hank Gioiella of Darien paid $5,500 for a rusted green 1972 Chrysler station wagon Lennon and Yoko Ono owned.

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Information from: Connecticut Post, http://www.connpost.com

Comments

[LMPE]

02:11 PM on 01/05/2011

Abbey Road is the most photographed crosswalk in the world. When my parents went to England, they had someone photograph them crossing it.

[americaisracist]

11:46 PM on 01/04/2011

I'm the one who bought it! I'm wearing it and rolling around in dirt right now

[Max Shaw]

02:14 PM on 01/04/2011

Wow! Thats cheap! His fingerprints were gonna sell for like 5 times that before they were confiscated..

[ZubinTomato]

01:48 PM on 01/03/2011

I'd like to bid on the grit and pebbles that accumulated on Paul's feet.

[farmerdave]

01:46 PM on 01/03/2011

see who's walking now.....

http://www.abbeyroad.com/visit/

[janie@atthelake]

08:37 AM on 01/04/2011

Cool link! Thank you...(ps. its a wonder they weren't hit by a car..some of those cars are going fast)

[americancolonyinhell]

01:32 PM on 01/03/2011

Even as a little boy, I thought The Beatles looked so stylish crossing Abbey Road.

[whyanything]

12:14 PM on 01/03/2011

I would like to defaecate on it..

[3dtrix]

01:21 PM on 01/03/2011

You are clearly a troubled person...

[Charles Elk]

09:18 AM on 01/03/2011

I would be cool if it fit and it would still be dumb to pay that much.

[metivo]

04:33 PM on 01/03/2011

I thought it went for rather low.

[johnnygoodwud]

07:11 PM on 01/03/2011

me too, a bargain if you are able to spend that kind of $$$$