Autographed John Lennon 'erotic Art' Catalogue Sells For Nearly $50,000

By: Howie Edelson A signed catalogue by John Lennon for his 1970 Bag One art exhibition sold for $49,648 at auction according to metro.co.uk Lennon and Yoko Ono had signed the catalogue for the art exhibition for American journalist Sandra Shevey in 1972 when she interviewed John and Yoko for over 12 hours in their New York City apartment. Lennon's Bag One exhibition was Lennon's most notorious showing, and featured eight erotic lithographs containing Lennon's renderings of Ono posing nude. On the second day of the art exhibition -- which also featured other non-erotic drawings chronicling the couple's 1969 honeymoon and first Bed-In for peace -- the original drawings from the catalogue were seized by Scotland Yard officers, who branded them obscene. The catalogue was bought by Beatles fan Tony Barnes at Gorringes auction... [read full story]