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Back in April 1989, Lennon's four-door 1970 Mercedes-Benz 600 Pullman limousine sold for 拢137,500 at Christie's in London.

Built around 1945, Buddy Holly's Gibson acoustic guitar sold for 拢139,658 in NYC's Sotheby's on June 23, 1990. The guitar was in a tooled leather case made by Holly himself.

Handwritten in 1967 by Paul McCartney, the lyrics sold for 拢161,000 at Sotheby's in London on September 14, 1995.

It was not just any guitar that was auctioned off on April 25, 1990, at Sotheby's and ultimately sold for 拢198,000. In fact, it was the very same electric guitar that Jimi Hendrix played at Woodstock in 1969.

Bernie Taupin's handwritten and rewritten lyrics for the famous song were auctioned off at Christie's in LA and fetched 拢278,512 on February 11, 1998.

One of Eric Clapton's favorite guitars, "Brownie" was used to record the popular "Layla," explaining why a mammoth sum of 拢313,425 was shelled out at Christie's on June 24, 1999 in NYC.

Jerry Garcia's legacy as the frontman of the Grateful Dead crossed over to the memorabilia ring. One of his two custom-made guitars, "Wolf," fetched almost 800 thousand dollars at Guernsey's auction on May 9, 2002 at Studio 54.

Again, Jerry Garcia takes a piece of the list with him. On the same date as above, May 9, 2002, Guernsey's auction raised an additional 957 thousand dollars for the second of Garcia's custom-made guitars.

The legendary Steinway Model "Z" piano was used to compose "Imagine" and came with Lennon's own cigarette burns. The upright piano sold on October 17, 2000 at Fleetwood-Owen's online auction between Hard Rock Cafe's in London and NYC for a staggering 拢1,450,000. Pop star George Michael is the proud owner of the piano, which was returned to the Beatles Story museum in Liverpool for all to see.

This was no ordinary Rolls - the 1965 Rolls-Royce Phantom V limousine was used during touring and came with psychedelic paintwork, selling for a record sum of 拢1,768,462 in NYC's Sotheby's in 1985.