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An electric guitar played by the late guitarist George Harrison in the early days of the Beatles will go up for sale at an auction next month where it could be sold for more than US$800,000 (NZ$1.3 million).

Futurama guitar, which Harrison’s mum paid for in instalments and which he played at hundreds of Beatles gigs, could fetch over US$1 million.

A guitar bought by George Harrison for £58 when he was a teenager could fetch three quarters of a million pounds plus when it goes up for auction in America | ITV News Granada

"All the other guitars fell off the wall!" George Harrison recalled when he and Paul McCartney demoed his historic Futurama at the music shop

The Beatle is believed to have played the Futurama guitar in more than 300 performances, including several key moments in the band’s early tenure

Guitar bought by teenage George Harrison for £58 set to sell for £750,000 - The Futurama guitar, bought by The Beatles star when he was a 16-year-old apprentice electrician, is going up for auction in Nashville,