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John Lennon school book up for sale
Nov 15, 2005, 12:45 GMT
John Lennon's old school book is to be sold at auction - and is expected to fetch more than £90,000.
The exercise book contains drawings by the legendary Beatle as a 12-year-old attending a high school in Liverpool.
Teacher Lancelot Burrows was so taken with the pencil and watercolour pictures he kept them to show future pupils at Quarry Bank High. Some of the pictures the future star drew in 1952 illustrate verses from classic poems. The cover is marked 'My Anthology' and each drawing is marked out of ten in red - the lowest being eight. It will be sold at a manuscripts auction at Sotheby's next month. Tessa Milne of Sotheby's is quoted on the icLiverpool website as saying: 'Mr Burrows was a key influence on the young John Lennon and encouraged him to pursue his artistic and literary interests. These drawings are remarkably accomplished for one so young, and the book is a wonderful example of Lennon's emerging artistic talent. 'They are proof the skills of the rebellious schoolboy were not lost on Mr Burrows, who encouraged his interest in poetry and art and then kept this exemplary exercise book from 1952 for the benefit of future generations of pupils at Quarry Bank.'Copyright 2005 BANG Media International
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