John Lennon's 'Lucy in the Sky' Piano Sells for Record-Breaking $3.3 Million

A piano used by John Lennon to pen some of The Beatles’ greatest hits, including ‘Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds’, has broken records as the highest-priced piece of Beatles memorabilia ever sold at auction.

Lennon utilized the Broadwood upright piano to compose songs such as ‘Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds’, ‘A Day In The Life’, and ‘Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite!’.

Predicted to garner between $400,000 and $600,000 at Christie’s auction house in New York, the piano ultimately went under the hammer for a staggering $3.3 million (£2.5 million).

It was sold as part of The Jim Irsay Collection: Hall of Fame, which also featured the first Ludwig drum kit Ringo Starr owned. This kit, used in live performances and studio sessions during the band's early years from May 1963 to February 1964, fetched nearly $2.4 million (£1.8 million).

The three-piece set briefly held the record for the most expensive drum kit sold until a drum head from his second Ludwig kit sold for $2.9 million (£2.2 million).

In other news, a remastered version of John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s concert film Power To The People is heading to cinemas worldwide.

Following the extensive NYC-era box set released last year, the film documents the ‘One To One’ concerts the couple held at New York’s Madison Square Garden on August 30, 1972. These two performances, a matinee and an evening show, were Lennon’s only full-length concerts after leaving The Beatles, and marked the last time John and Yoko played together.

The new version of the film, captured by director Steve Gebhardt, has been meticulously “physically and digitally cleaned by hand” by Lennon’s Grammy-winning team, led by his son Sean Ono Lennon.

Tickets go on sale on March 20, coinciding with John and Yoko’s 57th wedding anniversary. Fans can sign up for more information about screenings here.

The ‘One To One’ shows saw the couple perform for over 40,000 people and raised more than $1.5 million (equivalent to $11.5 million in 2026) for disabled children. Their setlist included iconic tracks like ‘Imagine’, ‘Come Together’, ‘Instant Karma!’ and ‘Hound Dog’, culminating in a rendition of ‘Give Peace A Chance’ with Stevie Wonder.

Meanwhile, earlier this year, the first glimpses of The Beatles in Sam Mendes’ upcoming biopics were revealed in a series of postcards in Liverpool.

The four-film series about the Fab Four is currently slated for a simultaneous release in April 2028. Paul Mescal stars as Paul McCartney, alongside Harris Dickinson (John Lennon), Joseph Quinn (George Harrison) and Barry Keoghan (Ringo Starr).

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