An angry letter JOHN LENNON sent a journalist who accused the former BEATLE of ripping off black music has been sold at auction in London for £12,000 ($22,400).
In the letter, Lennon argued, "Many kids were turned on to black music by us.
It wasn't a rip off, it was a love-in." Other items in the sale at Bonham's auction house in London included a signed copy of Beatles album SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND, which sold for £14,000 ($26,160).