Autographs of The Beatles and drawings and handwritten lyrics by John Lennon have sold at auction in recent years for “very impressive amounts,” says Maureen McCarthy, director of Imagine the Art of John Lennon Gallery in Sydney, Australia. She is the local agent for Australia and South East Asia of Bag One Arts Inc., the licensing and publishing arm of the estate of John Lennon under the direction of Yoko Ono.

Increased interest in fine art through the recession has kept values increasing, making art and collectibles “a much better investment” in the last five years than the stock market, says Bill Gatewood, head of the Personal Liabilities Division at Burns & Wilcox. Art indices since 2008 have shown better results than the Standard & Poor’s index, while the Dow has been “very sluggish” until the last year or so, which has had an impact on the value of art, Gatewood says.

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