John Lennon's Framus 12-string acoustic guitar, which was valued at $600,000 to $800,000 before Wednesday's auction, ended up selling for $2,857,500, becoming the fifth-most expensive guitar ever ...

Up for auction ... Nile and John Lennon were recording at The Record Plant studio in New York City when engineer Thom Panunzio called saying, “John broke a string on his guitar.