25th Mar, 2025 10:00
The Beatles Collection
THE BEATLES - A POEM/NOTE HANDWRITTEN BY c1961.
A page from a notebook with poem/note to Astrid Kircherr thought to be in the hand of John Lennon but this could also, according to some experts, be in the hand of Stuart Sutcliffe. Poem is hard to decipher but the first line appears to be "look what are you drinking" also "only Astrid makes me feel so so strongly about...". Page measures 16.5 x 22cm. Completed at Astrid Kirchherr's Hamburg flat, 1961. Provenance: Was part of lot 388 from Omega Auctions, Beatles auction in October 2024 which also included a John Lennon sketch. The same sale also included other pages from the notebook which included handwritten John Lennon poems/sketches along with some Stuart Sutcliffe sketches. From a private German collection. Given to the vendor by Astrid Kirchherr.
Sold for £850
Hammer Price
A page from a notebook with poem/note to Astrid Kircherr thought to be in the hand of John Lennon but this could also, according to some experts, be in the hand of Stuart Sutcliffe. Poem is hard to decipher but the first line appears to be "look what are you drinking" also "only Astrid makes me feel so so strongly about...". Page measures 16.5 x 22cm. Completed at Astrid Kirchherr's Hamburg flat, 1961. Provenance: Was part of lot 388 from Omega Auctions, Beatles auction in October 2024 which also included a John Lennon sketch. The same sale also included other pages from the notebook which included handwritten John Lennon poems/sketches along with some Stuart Sutcliffe sketches. From a private German collection. Given to the vendor by Astrid Kirchherr.
