London
CNN
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Together, the Beatles wrote some of the world’s most enduring love songs. John Lennon’s love letters, on the other hand, reveal a different, earthier type of poetry — and take a swipe at Paul McCartney for good measure.
One of these letters is now up for auction at Christie’s in London on July 9, when it is expected to fetch up to £40,000 ($54,000).
Pining after his future wife, Cynthia Powell, while away in Hamburg, Germany, the then 21-year-old Lennon wrote: “I love love love you and I’m missing you like mad … I wish I was on the way to your flat with the Sunday papers and chocies (chocolates) and a throbber! Oh yes!”
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