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Autonet Insurance
| Jan 13, 2011
Car buyers can bid for the first car John Lennon bought after passing his driving test when it goes under the hammer in February.
The owner of such a prized possession would no doubt be looking to protect it with the best car insurance available.
The Beatles singer bought the Ferrari 330 GT 2+2 Coupe upon passing his driving test in 1965.
Philip Norman, author of the singer's biography - John Lennon: The Life - said as soon as the became public knowledge, the singer was bombarded with a "gleaming smorgasbord" of luxury cars.
But Lennon chose the £2,000 Ferrari. It was soon joined by his trademark and psychedelically painted Rolls-Royce, and a Mini.
The Ferrari will be sold by auction house Bonhams at a sale in Paris on February 5. It is expected to sell for for between 120,000 euros (£99,987) and 170,000 euros (£141,000).
© Press Association 2011