Performer reveals himself as winning bidder for the round spectacles, saying he had been a friend of the Beatle
The spoon-bending magician and mystic Uri Geller has revealed he is the buyer behind a pair of John Lennon’s round glasses at auction, which sold for £40,000 on Wednesday.
Catherine Southon Auctioneers said the glasses had been sold to an anonymous overseas buyer, who revealed himself as Geller on Thursday. He told the BBC he was “elated” with his purchase.“I knew I had to buy these glasses whatever. I would have gone up to £500,000. Glasses are a passage into our soul, into our psyche.”Photograph: Ralf Juergens/Getty Images
The showman, now in his 70s, added: “John changed my life as that’s where I learned about spirituality. He believed in UFOs and I believed in UFOs and he was fascinated by my alien collection. He gave me an alien egg.” Catherine Southon said the singer gifted them to their seller – identified only as Michael – at Abbey Road Studios in 1968. Michael said his then girlfriend, Penny, was friends with lots of musicians, and he was invited to the Beatles’ recording studios as a birthday treat.According to the auction house conducting the sale, Michael said: “I picked up a pair of glasses from a piano. Penny said: ‘Don’t touch.
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