John Lennon’s iconic specs are expected to fetch over $40,000 at an auction in November.
Lennon gave these specs to a “flirty” girl named Wendy Baker who had pinched his bottom while dancing the conga in a Soho, London club in 1966. He joked that the ass pinch had been “lovely” and asked for another. Wendy then sat with Lennon and used his “granny” specs to read the menu. He left without them and now Baker is now placing the specs “under the hammer.”
Wendy, who is now 75-years-old, said that it was hard to imagine someone as cool as the former Beatles member doing the conga, but it happened.
Wendy Baker at 27
Darren Julien, who sells the specs in Los Angeles in November, said that it was rare to find a pair of Lennon’s worn glasses.
-Spencer