Sorta Disgusting If You Ask Me.
The album John Lennon autographed for Mark David Chapman just hours before Chapman murdered him is up for sale. It's expected to fetch $850,000 through a New York dealer.
A spokesman for MomentsInTime.com says, "It has Lennon's signature on the cover and Chapman's forensically enhanced finger prints on the sleeve. I have never come across a piece with such provenance -- police reports, fingerprint documentation, letters from the District Attorney, it goes on and on."
Recovered by a building maintenance man from the front gate area of the Dakota, the album was turned over to police for use in the Chapman prosecution. It most recently sold in 1999. The identity of its current owner is being kept secret -- that person is said to have received death threats for owning the tragedy-tied item. 
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