The first car bought by John Lennon after he passed his driving test is being offered for sale at auction next month.

The Ferrari 330 GT 2+2 Coupe was bought by the Beatle in 1965 and is expected to sell for between €120,000 and €170,000.

Lennon’s biographer, Philip Norman, described how car dealers descended on the singer’s home when the news emerged that he had passed his test and offered him a “gleaming smorgasbord” of luxury cars.

But it was the Ferrari that caught his eye, with Lennon paying £2,000 for the car. It was soon joined by his trademark Rolls-Royce, complete with psychedelic paintwork, and a Mini.

The car will be sold by auction house Bonhams at a sale in Paris on February 5.

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