News and updates from around the arts and auction community:
- John Lennon’s original sketch previewing the cover of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band will headline Julien’s May 20 Music Icons 2017 auction at the Hard Rock Cafe in New York’s Times Square. The drawing was found in a sketchbook at Lennon’s former home in England, where he lived starting in 1964. [Read more from Rolling Stone]
- Pharrell Williams will bring his very successful brand of happiness to Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art next month. The multi-Grammy-winning producer/performer will serve as musical curator for the gala June 6 opening of the Takashi Murakami exhibition. [Read more from the Chicago Tribune]
- In the world of vintage Ford Mustangs, a standard 1965 coupe is not in the same price universe as a Shelby GT, but there is an exception. A ’65 coupe is expected to sell for $450K-$650K at an auction later this month because it was the first Mustang hardtop to receive a vehicle identification number, or VIN. [Read more from AutoWeek]
- The Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas has added another prize to its renowned holdings: the archives of screen and stage legend Peter O’Toole. The Ransom Center’s collection aready include the works of Stella Adler, Robert De Niro, George Bernard Shaw and scores of other luminaries. [Read more from the Austin Chronicle]
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