This piano—purchased by John Lennon, gifted to Sam Green, then loaned to Andy Warhol—could ring up $3 million at auction:
This Piano—Purchased by John Lennon, Gifted to Sam Green, Then Loaned to Andy Warhol—Could Ring Up $3 Million at AuctionAugust 7, 2023
The piano, built in 1929, is a satin ebony Baldwin Concert Grand Model D bought by Lennon in 1978, according to a 19-page provenance report by Karen Lile. He and Yoko Ono composed songs on the piano that made up their 1980 album,It is being offered by Mercersburg Academy, a prestigious private boarding school, which said the proceeds from the sale—expected to reach as high as $3 million—will be used to create a scholarship fund for students.
The piano holds a gold plaque with an engraving that reads, “To Sam Love John And Yoko 1979.” It sat at Green’s home on Fire Island, New York, until 1983 when Green loaned it to the pop artist Andy Warhol, another close friend of Green.magazine in New York City. When he died in 1987, the piano was loaned to the New York Academy of Art.in 2000 that the piano was given to him when he sued the New York Academy of Art to get it back more than a decade later.
“I am satisfied that I have traced the ownership of the piano from 1978 when John Lennon bought it to its current owners, the Mercersburg Academy,” Lile wrote in her research.
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