The Beatle is believed to have played the Futurama guitar in more than 300 performances, including several key moments in the band’s early tenure

The iconinc Futurama guitar George Harrison played in the early days of the Beatles could fetch over $800,000 at Julien's Auctions this November.

George Harrison's guitar has gone on public display at a museum in Liverpool ahead of it going under the hammer next month. The Futurama electric guitar was bought by The Beatles star for about £58 when he was a 16-year-old apprentice electrician in 1959.

An electric guitar played by the late guitarist George Harrison in the early days of the Beatles will go up for sale at an auction next month where it could be sold for more than $800,000.

Futurama guitar, which Harrison's mum paid for in instalments and which he played at hundreds of Beatles gigs, could fetch over US$1 million Somewhere there may be an Englishman who is kicking himself that he passed up a chance to own a George Harrison guitar.