A rare jacket that once belonged to Beatles star John Lennon is to be sold at auction.
Dating from the late 1960s, the teal blue jacket, owned and worn by the influential musician, is estimated to fetch between £8,000 and £12,000.
It was once the property of Jo Jo Johns, personal assistant to the Beatles, who worked at the group’s offices at 3 Savile Row in central London from 1968 to 1975. One of her jobs was to clear out Lennon’s house following his 1971 move to America.
In the early 1970s she gave the jacket to her friend, Anthony Goddard, in Leicestershire.
Lennon lived at Tittenhurst Park in Ascot, Berkshire, from 1969 until August 1971.
Tittenhurst was the place where he penned his hit song Imagine in the famed White Room.
He also recorded his second solo album of the same title, and created two films at the beautiful Georgian manor house.
When he vacated the property, he left behind nearly all of his possessions for Ms Johns to either discard or give away.
Mr Goddard said: “The jacket was given to me at one of my birthday parties in the early 1970s. Jo Jo was a good friend and she had acquired a lot of abandoned belongings from the band members.”
The Nehru-style jacket has previously been on display at Mr Goddard’s home for more than 25 years, but will go under the hammer at Hansons Auctioneers in Derbyshire on August 22.
