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 $800,000. Bought from a music store in the band's birth city of Liverpool,

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

George Harrison's guitar has gone on public display at a museum in Liverpool ahead of it going under the hammer next month. The Futurama electric guitar was bought by The Beatles star for about £58 when he was a 16-year-old apprentice electrician in 1959.

The vintage Futurama, which the late Beatle favored during his band’s formative days, will go under the gavel at Julien’s Auctions this fall. Labeled a “holy grail” by the auction house, the instrument is expected to eclipse the already high pre-sale estimate of $600,000 to $800,000 at a sale in Nashville in November.

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

Legendary "workhorse" Beatle guitar likely to sell for over $1 million at November Nashville sale say auction house.

The guitar was originally priced at 55 guineas, which would have been about £58 but was £74 with the hire purchase agreement, Mr Nolan said. He said: “We’re estimating, conservatively, 600,000 to 800,000 US dollars but I think it should sell for more than a million.”

The guitar will be on display at The Beatles Story in Liverpool for the next fortnight before being shown at other museums across Europe

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

A guitar bought by George Harrison for about £58 is expected to fetch more than 1 million US dollars (£753,000) at auction. The Futurama electric guitar was bought by The Beatles star when he was a 16-year-old apprentice electrician in 1959 and was paid for in 44 instalments after his mother signed a hire purchase agreement at Frank Hessy's music shop in Liverpool.