John Lennon, Mobil Pertamanya Dilelang di Inggris
John Lennon`s First Car on Auction Block in UK
Editor : Cahyani Harzi
Translator : Dhelia Gani
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MOBIL pertama milik John Lennon - Ferrari 330 GT coupe tahun 1965 - akan dilelang di Inggris bulan Juli mendatang dan ditaksir bisa terjual hingga 220.000 poundsterling (337.950 dolar AS), kata juru lelang Bonhams.
Bintang The Beatles itu membeli Ferrari biru tersebut setelah melewati uji mengemudi pada awal 1965, saat band asal Liverpool itu merekam hit single "Ticket to Ride", kata Bonhams dalam satu pernyataan.
Lennon, yang waktu itu berumur 24 tahun, membeli mobil tersebut seharga 6.500 pound dan menggunakannya selama tiga tahun sebelum menjualnya.
Ferrari yang telah dikembalikan ke warna biru aslinya dan dipasangi plat registrasi asli itu dijual dengan dokumen tentang sejarah dan korespondensi dengan Lennon.
Mobil itu diperkirakan terjual dengan harga 180.000 sampai 220.000 pound (US$276.500 sampai US$337.950) pada lelang 12 Juli di Goodwood Festival of Speed di Chichester, Inggris, seperti dilansir Yahoo News!
Bonhams mengatakan Lennon memilih Ferrari di antara deretan Maseratis, Aston Martins dan Jaguar E yang dibawa dealer mobil mewah ke rumahnya di selatan Inggris setelah berita menyebar bahwa musisi itu telah lulus tes mengemudi.
JOHN Lennon´s first car - a 1965 Ferrari 330 GT coupe - is going up for auction in England in July and could fetch up to 220,000 pounds, auctioneers Bonhams said.
The Beatles star bought the blue Ferrari after he passed his driving test in early 1965, about the time the Liverpool band recorded its hit single "Ticket to Ride", Bonhams said in a statement.
Lennon, who was 24 at the time, bought the car for 6,500 pounds and used it for three years before selling it.
The Ferrari has had its original blue paint job restored, been with its original registration plate and sold with documents about its history and correspondence with Lennon. It is expected to fetch 180,000 to 220,000 pounds at the July 12 auction at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in Chichester, England.
Bonhams said Lennon chose the Ferrari over a line-up of Maseratis, Aston Martins and Jaguar E-types that luxury car dealers cars brought to his home in southern England after news spread that the musician had passed his driving test.
