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Woolley noted: “We do see that there are John Lennon and Yoko Ono signatures on it with his little face that he would draw with him and Yoko.

“The more important thing about this piece is not just the signatures, it’s the fact that we have this photo of it sitting at their Bed-in in 1969. They were protesting the Vietnam War and wanted peace.

“They were going to have the Bed-in in New York, but because of his cannabis conviction, he wasn’t allowed back in the country, so they decided to go up to Montreal. And during these days there, they had a number of guests come.

“They had Timothy Leary and Murray the K is one of the people that came to visit.

“So this is the sign hanging on the wall over here saying that ‘Murray K Comes On Monday’.”

She later recounted: “The cool thing about those bed-in posters is that they made all these wonderful things to put up on the walls behind them because they knew the press was coming.

“But when they took them all down, he signed them all and they would put the little doodles on them and of course, there’s the little John Lennon and Yoko Ono doodle on this one as well.”

It was at that point Woolley delivered the exciting estimate: “I would say at auction, conservatively, given the context on this, they would probably put anywhere between $50,000 (£59,563) and $75,000 (£59,344).”

The owner reacted with disbelief, touching his face in awe and saying: “Oh my God! I’m in a state of shock, that’s great news. Thank you so much.”

Woolley observed with amusement: “I saw your knees go out a little bit there for a second.”

To which the owner, Ted, admitted with a chuckle, “They did, they did Laura”, and Laura quipped back, “I’m glad you held on!”

Reflecting on the valuation moment, Woolley remembered: “I remember the moment I told him the price, I saw his knees buckle a little bit.

“He just kind of dipped and I thought man, this guy is going to hit the ground, which is amazing and terrible all at the same time.”

She happily updated: “In 2015, a year after we did the appraisal with Ted, he decided to sell the poster at auction, he reached out to Heritage Auctions.

“As you might predict, pieces like this come up so infrequently, that bidding was quite active, and happily sold this for $75,000, which I couldn’t be happier for someone like Ted.”