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Peace, love, lyrics and loot

By John Hockenberry, Adaora Udoji, Sitara Nieves

July 10, 2008, 09:08 AM

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John Lennon and Yoko Ono staging a "bed-in," Montreal, 1969. Gail Renard / Christie's Images Ltd. 2008
Gail Renard / Christie's Images Ltd. 2008
John Lennon and Yoko Ono staging a "bed-in," Montreal, 1969.

Today, Christie's auctions a memento from John Lennon: his scrawled lyrics for “Give Peace a Chance.” Lennon gave the page to then-16-year-old Gail Renard in 1969 after she and a friend climbed up a fire escape to see him and Yoko Ono during their Montreal “bed-in.”

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