JOHN LENNON'S WHITE SUIT SELLS AT AUCTION FOR $46,000

THE WHITE TWO-PIECE SUIT JOHN LENNON WORE ON THE COVER OF THE BEATLES' ABBEY ROAD ALBUM HAS BEEN SOLD AT AUCTION IN CONNECTICUT FOR $46,000. THE SUIT AND OTHER BEATLES MEMORABILIA WERE SOLD SATURDAY AT THE BRASWELL GALLERIES' ANNUAL NEW YEAR'S DAY AUCTION TO AN ONLINE BIDDER WHO WISHED TO REMAIN ANONYMOUS. OWNER KATHY BRASWELL TELLS THE CONNECTICUT POST THE HOLIDAY AUCTION IS THEIR BIGGEST EVENT OF THE YEAR. THE SUIT WAS CUSTOM MADE FOR LENNON BY FRENCH DESIGNER TED LAPIDUS. HANK GIOIELLA OF DARIEN PAID $5,500 FOR A RUSTED GREEN 1972 CHRYSLER STATION WAGON LENNON AND YOKO ONO OWNED. THE ABBEY ROAD IMAGE IS ONE OF THE MOST ICONIC ALBUM COVERS OF ALL TIME AND THE FAMOUS SHOT FOR THE FINAL BEATLES ALBUM TOOK ON A LIFE OF IT'S OWN. FORTY YEARS AFTER FIRST BEING PUBLISHED, THE FAMILIAR IMAGE IS SO INDELIBLY IMPRINTED ON THE PUBLIC IMAGINATION IT SERVES AS THE CATALYST FOR THOUSANDS OF MULTI-GENERATIONAL BEATLES FANS TO MAKE THE PILGRIMAGE TO THE FAMED SPOT AND PAY HOMAGE.