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Album John Lennon signed for his killer to be auctioned

A copy of Double Fantasy autographed by the Beatle for Mark David Chapman, five hours before Chapman shot him, is on sale for £535,000

One of the grisliest artefacts in rock'n'roll history is up for sale, with a murderer's fingerprints on its sleeve. An American dealer is selling a copy of John Lennon's Double Fantasy, an LP Lennon signed for Mark David Chapman – his killer.

On 8 December 1980, just five hours before Lennon's death, Chapman was photographed approaching the Beatle to get him to sign a record. After Chapman shot Lennon outside his home, this LP was allegedly found by a maintenance man in a planter outside the gate. It was handed over to police, according to the dealer, who uncovered Chapman's fingerprints around the autograph. Officials later returned it to the owner, "with a letter of extreme gratitude from the district attorney".

"The album is the most extraordinary artefact in rock'n'roll history," said Bob Zafian, a spokesman for the seller. "I have never come across a piece with such provenance. Police reports, fingerprint documentation, letters from the [district attorney], it goes on and on." The original owner, a lifelong Beatles fan, sold the item for an alleged $150,000 (£94,000) in 1999. It is now up for sale via Moments in Time. According to the New York Post, the auction site is seeking $850,000 (£535,000).

As for who is selling the item, Moments in Time is keeping his identity secret. "[He] doesn't want to be named because he received death threats," Zafian said. Chapman himself sought to reclaim – and sell – the LP. In a 1986 letter, Lennon's murderer said it would be "the least [he] could do" to auction the album and donate the proceeds to a children's charity. "Is there any way to assess the value of an item such as this?"

Presently serving a sentence of 20 years to life, Chapman was denied parole in September for the sixth time.


(http://www.guardian.co.uk)

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Salomon said:

it should be put in the rock n' roll hall of fame

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Nah,it probably should be in a private collection.

That way,it might stop other mad fucks,from thinking that they can get in there,the same way.

It belongs in a museum!

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The album Jimmy Page's Les Paul #1 is the most extraordinary artefact in rock'n'roll history

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Learyfan said:

Presently serving a sentence of 20 years to life, Chapman was denied parole in September for the sixth time.

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meams said:

Learyfan said:

Presently serving a sentence of 20 years to life, Chapman was denied parole in September for the sixth time.

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He'll never get out.  THe moment he does, he'll be killed.

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John Lennon fans murdering someone.

danlennon3 said:

They should pay someone to take it.... Come on! Its the album Double Fantasy!

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SpiritualSnorkel said:

Clip from the movie "Chapter 27", titled after "Catcher in the Rye" which had only 26 chapters. Jared Leto plays Mark David Chapman (and gains a lot of weight for the role ).

This scene is when he realizes the synchronicity between Charles Manson's Tate-LaBianca murders, Roman Polanski, Rosemary's Baby (filmed at the Dakota), The Beatles, and his own intentions to kill John Lennon.

And somewhere in between, Aleister Crowley has something to do with this! 

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Interesting clip.  I haven't seen the movie.  Did he really think Lennon wrote "Helter Skelter"?  Paul wrote and sung that. 

Mind Transcribing said:

Fuck John Lennon

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in soviet russia, John Lennon fucks you!

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