John Lennon’s last letter sold for $63,750 at auction. On December 8, 1980, The Beatles frontman wrote a letter to his accountant, Barry Nichols, hours before his death on a New York street.

In the message, the musician mentioned the names of three proxies who should vote on his behalf at the annual meeting of the Beatles Corporation, which was to be held in a few days in London.

The unique letter was sold for $63,750 (about two and a half million hryvnias). And this amount significantly exceeds expectations, because initially the lot was planned to be sold for 30-50 thousand dollars.

There were many people who wanted to buy John Lennon’s last letter in the Gotta Have Rock and Roll online auction, but in the end it went to a devoted fan of the musician who chose to remain anonymous.

Let’s remind that on December 8, 1980, Mark David Chapman shot John Lennon, as a result of which the musician died.The man is currently serving a life sentence in a New York state prison.

Let’s remind that John Lennon’s killer was denied parole 12 times.

Focus also wrote about a cassette with an unreleased song by John Lennon, which was sold at an auction for 58 thousand dollars.