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John and Yoko

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John and Yoko
Two KLM flight ticket carbons, both ink stamped in Holland on 29th March 1969, respectively giving passenger's names as Mr. John Lennon and Mrs. Yoko Lennon, for round-robin flights from Amsterdam to Vienna to London, John's ticket additionally inscribed on the front cover with his name in an unidentified hand, Yoko's ticket similarly inscribed with her name, however the inscription obscured by six baggage tickets from Vienna airport; accompanied by a carbon copy of a typescript travel receipt from Reisbureau De Magneet NV issued on June 5th 1969 to John Lennon at 3 Savile Row for the above tickets and those of an accompanying film crew [see previous lot] 1p. and accompanying envelope; a carbon copy of a typescript list of expenses for John and Yoko's stay in Amsterdam, detailing the cost of their tickets and those of the camera crew, the Hilton Hotel expenses and the camera crew's expenses in Vienna and London, annotated in blue ballpoint pen at the foot by Hans Boskamp, a member of the film crew, with the title of the project (Hair Peace) and a rough breakdown of their costs 1p.; a black and white publicity photograph by R.Van Loon with photographer's ink stamp on verso, taken in Amsterdam of John and Yoko sitting on their hotel bed surrounded by photographers and camera crews -- 7¼x9½in. (18.5x24.3cm.); two Bagism postcards and two publicity photographs; and related material(a lot)

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Lot Essay

On March 31st 1969 John and Yoko flew to Vienna for the world TV première of their film Rape. They gave a brief press conference in the Hotel Sacher completely encased in a white bag from which they answered the journalists questions. The following day in London they appeared on the Thames TV programme Today where they initially appeared in a white bag up to their necks before, in a reference to their recent Amsterdam Bed-In, they got into a bed with interviewer Eamon Andrews. It would appear that the Dutch film crew accompanied the Lennons to both these events.

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