People: Jul. 6, 1970

Thanks largely to the London police, Beatle John Lennon's first exhibit, at the London Arts Gallery, was a smashing success. The law charged the gallery with showing indecent pictures. By the time the case was tossed out of court, there had been enough publicity to satisfy the most ambitious press agent. Crowds flocked in to see John's line drawings of himself making love to his Japanese wife Yoko Ono. Sold: 296 sets of 14 lithos, for a total artist's commission of $84,000.

With a mother's natural interest, Princess Grace of Monaco—Grace Kelly of Philadelphia,...

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