Another item that went under the hammer on Saturday was the Ed Sullivan drum head, billed as the most famous of the seven known Beatles drop-T logo drum heads and the only one to be featured on a Beatles album jacket.It sold for NZD $3.2 million.
Other items included Elvis Presley's 24-carat Gold Leaf Piano that was snapped up for NZD $919,000.
Elvis bought the piano for his mother in 1955 and it was later kept in the music room at the singer's famous Graceland home.
On their first wedding anniversary, Elvis's former wife Priscilla had the piano adorned with 24-carat gold finish, according to Julien's.
Separately, a white deerskin leather ensemble once donned by the King went for NZD $85,000.
Other pieces that found buyers included a cardigan worn by late Nirvana lead singer Kurt Cobain, which went for NZD $209,000.
- AAP