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Guitar played by John Lennon and George Harrison on ‘Help!’ to be auctioned
A 12-string guitar played by Beatles stars John Lennon and George Harrison and thought to have been lost for almost 60 years is going up for auction.

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A cameraman takes footage of the painting 'Bildnis Fraeulein Lieser' (Portrait of Miss Lieser) by Austrian artist Gustav Klimt (1862 - 1918) during a press conference of the Kinsky Art Auction House in Vienna, Austria on January 25, 2024. A late painting by Austrian artist Gustav Klimt has resurfaced in a private collection and will be sold in April, Viennese auction house Kinsky said on January 25. 'Bildnis Fraeulein Lieser' (Portrait of Miss Lieser) was commissioned by a wealthy Jewish industrialist's family and painted by Klimt in 1917 shortly before he died. (Photo by ROLAND SCHLAGER / APA / AFP) / Austria OUT / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY MENTION OF THE ARTIST UPON PUBLICATION - TO ILLUSTRATE THE EVENT AS SPECIFIED IN THE CAPTION (Photo by ROLAND SCHLAGER/APA/AFP via Getty Images)
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A job contract believed to be Princess Diana’s first, and filled out when she was just seventeen, is set to sell for thousands of pounds at auction in Bristol. The contract from Solve Your Problem Ltd – an agency offering nannies to the rich and famous – was completed by Diana in May 1979.
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Oliver Barker, Sotheby's European Chairman, fields bids for Andy Warhol's "Self Portrait" from 1963-64, during the Contemporary Art Evening Auction at Sotheby's on June 28, 2017 in London, England.
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People stand in front of the closed Israeli national pavilion at the Biennale contemporary art fair in Venice, Italy, Tuesday, April 16, 2024.
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MILAN, ITALY - APRIL 09: A man visits “La Nascita” (“The birth”), an installation by French artist JR, in Piazza Duca d’Aosta, in front of the Central Station, on April 09, 2024 in Milan, Italy. The installation is the first “sculptural anamorphosis” created by JR, conceived as a large trompe-l'oeil to tell the origin of the surrounding railway station: through metal panels arranged on different levels, the image of the birth takes shape only when observed from a tilted point of view, merging and confusing the artwork with the monumental building designed by Italian architect Ulisse Stacchini and built between 1912 and 1931. (Photo by Emanuele Cremaschi/Getty Images)
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Portrait of American artist Faith Ringgold as she poses in front of one of her paintings in her studio, New York, New York, 1999.
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Isaiah Robertson's "Second Coming House" — covered in ornate, kaleidoscopic assemblages — is to open to the public in Niagara Falls, New York as an art destination and community gathering space.
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MUNICH, GERMANY - MAY 21: General view of the installation from artist Victor Ehikhamenor at the Pinakothek der Moderne on May 21, 2021 in Munich, Germany. Museum and cultural spaces across Germany have reopened their doors as the country starts lifting restrictions aimed at preventing the spread of coronavirus. (Photo by Hannes Magerstaedt/Getty Images)
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