A single sheet of lyrics penned by John Lennon sold for $1.2 million at Sotheby’s New York on Friday. Although the lot, a handwritten sheet of paper containing the lyrics to “A Day In The Life”  nearly doubled its high estimate, the price was only a record if considered in pounds, as The Telegraph explains:

The most amount ever paid for Beatles lyrics at auction was $1.25 million in 2005 for ‘All You Need Is Love’. ‘A Day In the Life’ however has set a record in sterling due to the fluctuating exchange rate (‘All You Need Is Love sold for £690,000).

John Lennon’s ‘A Day in the Life’ fetches $1.2 million (Telegraph)