At $6.01m after fees, the guitar is the most expensive ever sold at auction, Julien's Auctions said. Bidding in Los Angeles opened at $1m and was won by Rode Microphones founder Peter Freedman.

The $1.27 million price tag makes it the most expensive Harrison-owned guitar ever sold at auction. The “Quiet Beatle” purchased the Futurama in 1959 from a music store in Liverpool.

making it the most expensive guitar ever sold. By contrast, the electric guitar Jimi Hendrix played at the 1969 Woodstock Music and Art Fair was sold in 1990 to Italian collector Richard Pugliese ...

Credit: Astrid Kirchherr photographic print of The Beatles / Matt Parker/Future George Harrison’s Futurama has just become the most expensive Beatles electric guitar to ever sell at auction ...

According to the website dedicated to the guitars, the most expensive option — an $11,500 autographed electric guitar — has sold out. Unsigned versions, selling for $1,500, have also sold out.

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