According to Reuters, original handwritten lyrics by former BEATLE PAUL MCCARTNEY and a guitar owned by legendary rock musician JIMI HENDRIX are among the featured items in a major New York auction of rock and pop memorabilia.

Love letters and personal notes by BOB DYLAN and a previously unheard interview recording with the late Beatle JOHN LENNON will also be sold at the Christie's Rock and Pop Memorabilia auction on December 4.

McCartney's working lyrics written in 1968 for the Beatles song 'Maxwell's Silver Hammer', from the Abbey Road album, is expected to fetch the highest price with an estimate of $200,000 to $300,000, according to Christie's.

"McCartney lyrics rarely appear on the market and have not appeared for about six years," said Christie's spokeswoman Helen Hall, adding other items ranged from those once belonging to rock band THE DOORS to pop singer MADONNA.

A Fender Stratocaster guitar owned by Jimi Hendrix for two years before his death in September 1970 could sell for $80,000 to $120,000. The right-handed guitar was modified and restrung for the left-handed Hendrix, but it is unclear if he actually played it, according to Christie's.

Other Dylan items on offer include a demonstration copy of the 1963 album "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan," with track listings amended in Dylan's handwriting, estimated at $8,000 to $12,000.

A 60-minute taped interview that Lennon gave freelance journalists in 1974 where he discusses a range of topics from questions of a Beatles reunion to his run-ins with the Nixon administration could be sold for $25,000 to $35,000.