George Harrison's sitar sells at auction for $66,993

The late Beatles icon's sitar has been sold at auction for the impressive amount.

George Harrison's sitar has been sold at auction for $66,993 (£53,520).

The Beatles icon - who died in November 2001, aged 58 - bought the instrument on Oxford Street, London in 1965 and used it during the recording sessions for Norwegian Wood, which featured on the band's Rubber Soul album.

Now, the iconic sitar has sold at Nate D. Sanders Auctions in Los Angeles for an eye-watering sum of money.

Harrison visited India for the first time in 1966, where he studied the sitar under the tutelage of Ravi Shankar.

The medieval Indian instrument ignited Harrison's lifelong passion for the country's music and culture as well as Hindu spirituality, while encouraging the use of sitars among other Western musicians.

The Beatle subsequently created a series of Indian-style compositions on the likes of Within You Without You and Love You To.

Source: radiox.co.uk

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