Cooper Owen’s 28th July Music Legends auction will take place at the historic Abbey Road Studios, London and will includes range of must-have music items.

Highlights listed on the Cooper Owen website include:

– FRANK ZAPPA’s Gibson Les Paul gold top guitar together with a sheepskin jacket worn at the Royal Albert Hall in 1969

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Zappa’s Gibson Les Paul gold top guitar

– The first guitar PAUL McCARTNEY was taught to play on by his childhood friend, accompanied by a letter from Sir Paul

– THE DOORS Jim Morrison’s last known handwritten notebook, containing finished and unfinished poems, lyrics and musings, Paris 1971

– A rare and important collection of lots relating to THE WHO including two T-shirts worn by KEITH MOON, the oxygen tank kept beside his drumkit and a guitar body smashed on stage by PETE TOWNSHEND

– A fantastic archive of Beatles related contracts, flyers and ephemera from the personal collection of SIR GEORGE MARTIN to be sold in aid of his charity

– JOHN LENNON’S ‘Home’ T-shirt and his Harmonica

– A rare and important collection of unseen 1960s photographs of the Liverpool scene in the sixties including the ROLLING STONES, BEATLES, KINKS, THE WHO, DYLAN and others, all SOLD WITH COPYRIGHT

– A selection of ROLLING STONE Ronnie Wood’s doodles and handwritten notes from a notebook used during his time with The Small Faces.

– A set of duck whistles worn on stage by ERIC CLAPTON and a fishing bag obviously used in more relaxing circumstances!

– The sale also includes a wide selection of posters, signed items, clothing, presentation awards, original paintings and more.

You can find out more about the Music Legends auction at http://www.cooperowen.com