John Lennon's letter to Paul McCartney a year after The Beatles' split is being sold for a whopping amount.
The decades-old letter, which served as Lennon's scathing response to McCartney's bombshell interview about him and the band, is one of the auction items posted on Gotta Have Rock and Roll's website.
"John was so furious when he read the interview that he sent this three-page, signed and hand-annotated letter, addressed to Paul, to Melody Maker, for publication, asking them in his own handwriting for equal time. the letter is date November 24, 1971, just a few days after Paul's interview appeared in the magazine (only a year and a half after the Beatles officially broke up), while they were still going through the financial, and apparent personal, reckonings of the break-up," part of the description reads.
The auctioneer added that the letter contains Lennon's name written by the late musician himself on top of "M.M. editor Richard Williams (please publish equal time)!"
The letter also comes with a letter of authenticity from Beatles handwriting expert Frank Caiazzo and Gotta Have Rock & Roll Certificate of Authenticity. The person with the highest bid will also earn a forensics report from Karl Schaffenberger, a Roger Epperson Authenticated Ltd. (REAL) Certificate of Authenticity.
While it is just a piece of paper to some, its value can actually reach $30,000 - $40,000. The site accepts bidding with a minimum $20,000 bid.
As of press time, there is no bidder who has already placed a bid on the item yet.
John Lennon, Paul McCartney's Relationship
The Fab Four initially had a close relationship with each other, especially Lennon and McCartney.
But at one point, they started to drop damaging blows against each other after the band disbanded.
In McCartney's book, he divulged that their bitter relationship lasted for years because Lennon kept on putting down his solo works.
"John was firing missiles at me with his songs, and one or two of them were quite cruel. I don't know what he hoped to gain, other than punching me in the face," McCartney said.
Fortunately, they were able to reconcile before Lennon's tragic death. One of his songs, "Dear Friend," reportedly makes him emotional as he thought that the song's lyrics - which is about John Lennon - were truly "young."
Per McCartney, things would have been terrible if his bandmate was killed and he never got the chance to reconcile with him.
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