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Fab Four signatures on birth certificate go up for auction.

Sunday, March 23rd, 2008

The BBC reports that a full set of Beatles’ autographs scrawled on a birth certificate is expected to fetch up to £3,000 when it goes under the hammer later this year.The owner was serving on Salisbury Plain in the 1960s when the band filmed Help! there with the Royal Scots Greys. He was drinking with [...]


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John’s Hair Goes On The Block

Wednesday, December 12th, 2007

According to an article on MSNBC Entertainment News, a lock of John Lennon’s hair is being put up for sale. Lennon gave Betty Glasow, the Beatles’ hairdresser, the lock of hair in a copy of his book “A Spaniard in the Works.” In the dedication he wrote, “To Betty, Lots of Love and Hair, John Lennon.” [...]


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Beatles Ball Goes On The Block

Saturday, December 1st, 2007

The last of four baseballs signed by the Fab Four in 1966 goes up for sale at the upcoming Christies Rock-n-Roll Auction. It is expected to fetch between $15,000 and $20,000. The equipment manager of the Washington DC Senators took his four children to the stadium before the concert, on August 15th, 1966 and each child had a [...]


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GOSH – Macca’s Giant Guitar Sells for $120,000

Saturday, November 24th, 2007

The Uncut magazine website reports that Paul McCartney‘s signed giant Gibson guitar raised £60,000 ($120,000) for charity at an auction on November 20. The Gibson GuitarTown auction was held at London’s IndigO2 venue. McCartney’s 10ft tall hand-painted Gibson Les Paul replica was designed by visual artist Rosie Brooks. McCartney said: “I’m really amazed and very [...]


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George’s Aston-Martin For Sale

Saturday, October 20th, 2007

Being a Beatles, James Bond and a car-nut the following item was bound to catch my attention. According to Autoweek  a platinum-colored Aston Martin DB5 once owned by the late George Harrison is expected to fetch $250,000 to $300,000 when it crosses the auction block in London late this month. The car was built in 1964 and delivered [...]


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Paul Auctions Guitar For Charity

Monday, September 24th, 2007

Sir Paul McCartney auctioned one of his guitars to raise money to fund music grants for underprivileged U.S. schools. The former Beatle donated a stage-played, autographed instrument to be sold at the VH1 Save the Music Foundation 10th Anniversary Gala held at New York’s Lincoln Center last week. Bidding started at $30,000 and proceeds will [...]


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Rare Beatles Photos Go Under The Hammer

Monday, September 24th, 2007

According to a report in the Liverpool Echo, BEATLE photographs never seen before went under the hammer last week. In one shot John Lennon sports a top hat and a huge curly stick-on moustache while Paul McCartney is in a flat cap and wide red braces. George Harrison wears a knitted shawl and a spotted head-scarf while [...]


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Forgotten Album sells for $4,500

Wednesday, September 12th, 2007

Beatles fan Tony Williams couldn’t believe his good fortune recently when his almost forgotten stereo copy of the very rare “Portrait Cover” edition of The Beatles & Frank Ifield On Stage sold to a California collector. The recording was purchased in the early 70s from a bargain bin at The Forest record store in Dayton OH. When [...]


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John’s Million Dollar Specs

Friday, July 13th, 2007

According to this article in the UK’s Daily Telegraph, a pair of John Lennon’s trademark “granny” glasses for sale in an online auction could make up to £1million. The gold-rimmed spectacles were given by the former Beatle to his Japanese translator Junishi Yore in 1966 during the band’s tour of Japan. Their dark lenses are missing [...]


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Vegas Beatles Auction to feature Stuart’s Art

Sunday, June 24th, 2007

An auction of Beatles Memorabilia to be held in Las Vegas on July 3  in conjunction with the Beatles Fest will feature several examples of original bassist Stuart Sutcliffe’s art. The lots include Abstract Sculpture, Abstract Figures on Paper, Seagull Painting, Abstract Oil Paintings, Charcoal and Ink Artworks, Handwritten Song Lyrics and Set Lists, Handwritten Poems, [...]


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