Rare John Byrne painting of The Beatles sells for more than £27,000

Charlotte Riordan, head of contemporary art at Lyon & Turnbull, holding a painting by the late John Byrne of The Beatles (Stewart Attwood/Lyon & Turnbull/PA) A rare painting of The Beatles by the late John Byrne has sold for £27,700 at auction, almost double its original estimate. In the painting, created in 1969, Byrne represented each Beatle seated beside a “spirit animal” while Yoko Ono is seen in a crystal ball held by John Lennon..