John Lennon 1962 Gibson J-160E Guitar
- Maker
- John Lennon (The Beatles)
- Year
- 1962
- Rank
- 35 of 100
John Lennon 1962 Gibson J-160E Guitar
John Lennon 1962 Gibson J-160E Guitar by John Lennon (The Beatles) (1962) is ranked 35 in the FLOAT 100 for Memorabilia. It sold for $2,410,000 on 7 November 2015. The highest-priced Beatles guitar; used to write and record the early Beatles catalog.
What is it, and why is it in the FLOAT 100?
The highest-priced Beatles guitar; used to write and record the early Beatles catalog.
Lennon's Gibson J-160E, used on Please Please Me / With the Beatles; lost ~50 years then re-authenticated
What is the best-sourced number for it?
- Figure
- $2,410,000
- Kind
- Realized at auction
- Date
- 7 November 2015
Julien's Auctions. $2.41M.
This is a realized sale. Somebody paid it. Source.
How this is made
- The figure
- One reference price, taken from a named public source and shown with its own kind. FLOAT does not average it with anything or adjust it for time.
- Realized or not
- A realized price is a completed sale. A market asking price and a price-guide value are not sales, and are labeled as such wherever they appear.
- Why no grade ladder
- Most FLOAT 100 entries are individual objects. There is one of this, so there is no population and no spread across grades to show.
- Archive
- 2026-08-08