Lennon's guitar on sale for $3.5m

A guitar said to have belonged to Beatle John Lennon, and engraved with his intricate carvings, went on sale on an auction website yesterday for £1.3 million ($3.5 million).

The "lost" guitar is adorned with symbols, including a heart pierced by an arrow and a self- portrait by the former Beatle.

The six-string acoustic guitar is also decorated with a letter B, for Beatles, a drawing of an apple and the numbers nine and two threes, representing the birthdays of John, Yoko and son Sean.