McCartney's first guitar sells for £330,000

The guitar on which Sir Paul McCartney learned his first chords has sold for £330,000 at an auction at London's Abbey Road Studios.

The instrument, which fetched more than three times its estimate, was sold by Sir Paul's school friend Ian James, who will use the money for his retirement.

The Rex acoustic guitar helped Sir Paul persuade John Lennon to let him join his band, The Quarrymen, in 1957.

Posted by David on July 29, 2006 4:12 PM