The iconic bass drum skin used on the front cover of The Beatles' 1967 album Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band sold for 541,250 pounds (1,07 million dollars) at a rock auction in London Thursday, dpa reported.
Auction house Christie's had estimated that the hand-painted skin would sell for around 150,000, but in the end it sold for almost four times that.
John Lennon's hand-written lyrics for Give Peace A Chance also surpassed their top estimate of 300,000 pounds, selling for 421,250 pounds.
A pair of Lennon's trademark tinted prescription sunglasses, which he wore for the cover of the Apple Records single Mind Games, sold for 39,650 pounds.
The Rock and Pop Memorabilia sale at the London auction house raised more than 1.5 million pounds in total, and included items ranging from Ella Fitzgerald to Madonna.
A rare recording of the Jimi Hendrix Experience performing at the Woburn Music Festival, at Woburn Abbey, Bedfordshire, in July 1968 sold for 48,050 pounds.
A 1966 Marshall amplifier used by Hendrix in concert between 1967 and 1969 went for 25,000 pounds and a pair his stripy flared trousers made 20,000 pounds.