UNPUBLISHED SNAPS OF JOHN AT IBIZA HOLIDAY HOME AUCTIONED

Unpublished photographs of John, showing him relaxing at his holiday home in Ibiza, are being sold at auction by an art student wanting to raise cash for his final degree show. Ed Robinson has two candid shots of the late Beatles star which are set to generate a lot of interest at the Newcastle University students fundraiser which each year invites leading artists and celebrities to donate a piece of original artwork. Via Newcastle Journal

Unpublished photographs of John relaxing at his holiday home in Ibiza are going up for auction.The two candid shots of John star will be sold off to raise funds for an art student's final degree show.

Ed Robinson, a fine art student at Newcastle University, was given the photos to auction off by his mum.She was given the snaps by her brother, Ed's uncle, who had was handed three of them as a present by a friend of his called Dale Utterson.

Dale’s dad Terry ran a chain of music shops with wife Joan and through his contacts arranged for his son to have a holiday in Ibiza where he tagged along with a group of photographers to a shoot.

 

Ed said: “He went on a trip to Ibiza where John Lennon had a villa and they found out he was up for posing for the photographers.

“My uncle’s friend wasn’t a professional photographer but he went along with them and he was also allowed to take a few snaps. It wasn’t a massive deal.

“John Lennon was painting at the time which is a nice little link to the art auction.”

The official photographs taken that day made the papers but Dale’s were never published.

Ed said there were thought to be about 20 of the pictures taken but the negatives had been destroyed in a fire.The pictures have been valued at between £500 and £800.

They'll go on sale at The Fine Art and Postcard Auction in Newcastle.