John Lennon's guitar sells for £1.5m at auction

An acoustic guitar John Lennon used to record Love Me Do has sold for £1.59 million at auction.

The Gibson J-106 guitar was one of only two of its kind flown from America to England in 1962 for Lennon and fellow Beatle George Harrison.

Lennon used the guitar, which was also used to pen I Want to Hold Your Hand, for about a year before swapping it with Harrison.

The guitar's whereabouts were unknown for over 50 years until a California man discovered a guitar in his possession may have historical value.

An expert was able match the guitar's serial number, wood grain and markings to the one Lennon used in the early 1960s.

Julien's Auctions in Beverly Hills, California, said the instrument was sold on Saturday to an undisclosed buyer.