A previously lost 12-string acoustic guitar that belonged to the late John Lennon will go up for sale at an auction in May after it was recently found in the attic of a home in Britain.

John Lennon’s Framus Hootenanny 12-string acoustic guitar was presumed missing for 50 years.

After spending the past 50 years in an attic, John Lennon's lost 'Help! guitar is headed to auction next month.

An acoustic guitar played by John Lennon on The Beatles’ albums Help! and Rubber Soul could fetch millions at auction, after it spent 50 years sitting in an attic.

Paul McCartney’s Höfner violin bass was found last year. Mr. Lennon’s Gibson acoustic guitar, which had also been forgotten, was sold for $2.4 million to an anonymous buyer in 2015.

A lost guitar played by John Lennon at height of Beatlemania that had been stashed away in an attic for decades has been sold at auction for more than $2.8 million.

John Lennon’s long-lost Framus Hootenanny acoustic guitar has been found – and it’s set to go under the hammer next month for what could potentially be a world record-smashing auction.

John Lennon’s Long-Lost Guitar Fetches Record $2.85M at Times Square Auction The Beatles star used the instrument while making the 1964 album 'Help!' and 1965 record 'Rubber Soul' before it was ...

The Framus Hootenanny 12-string acoustic guitar was used by the Beatles' John Lennon and George Harrison.

LONDON — A previously lost 12-string acoustic guitar that belonged to the late John Lennon will go up for sale at an auction in May after it was recently found in the attic of a home in Britain.

John Lennon's "Help!" guitar, previously thought lost for 50 years, sold at auction for a record $2.9 million.