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A signed exhibition catalogue by John Lennon containing risqué sketches he drew of his wife Yoko Ono in the late 1960s have fetched £25,000 at auction. Lennon signed the catalogue for his exhibition entitled the Bag One for American journalist Sandra Shevey when she interviewed him and Ono in New York in 1972. Lennon's original drawings from the catalogue were seized by Scotland Yard officers when shown in London in January 1970 on the second day of their exhibition because of their erotic nature. They were a gift to his wife and celebrate their wedding, honeymoon and their plea for world peace in what became their notorious "bed-in" held in a bedroom of the Amsterdam Hilton. British antiques dealer and Beatles devotee Tony Barnes, who lives in Spain, bought the exhibition catalogue signed by both Lennon and Ono at Gorringes... [read full story]
