Blog, Blog Me Do... » Auctions http://blogmedo.com The BEATLES Blog - For everything FAB FOUR related Wed, 23 Sep 2009 13:14:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Fab Four signatures on birth certificate go up for auction. http://blogmedo.com/fab-four-signatures-on-birth-certificate-go-up-for-auction/ http://blogmedo.com/fab-four-signatures-on-birth-certificate-go-up-for-auction/#comments Sun, 23 Mar 2008 23:04:17 +0000 Alan Porter http://blogmedo.com/fab-four-signatures-on-birth-certificate-go-up-for-auction/ 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 them in a pub in Amesbury when John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr gave him their autographs. According to the story the only piece of paper he had on him was his birth certificate and so he asked the band to sign it for him.

]]> http://blogmedo.com/fab-four-signatures-on-birth-certificate-go-up-for-auction/feed/ 0 John’s Hair Goes On The Block http://blogmedo.com/johns-hair-goes-on-the-block/ http://blogmedo.com/johns-hair-goes-on-the-block/#comments Wed, 12 Dec 2007 01:31:12 +0000 Alan Porter http://blogmedo.com/johns-hair-goes-on-the-block/ 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.”

On Wednesday, fans will have the chance to bid on the hair and other autographed photos and Beatles memorabilia when they go up for auction in Worthing, in southern England. 

The book — with the hair still inside — could fetch as much as $6,200, said Nick Muston, director of Gorringes auction house.

]]> http://blogmedo.com/johns-hair-goes-on-the-block/feed/ 1 Beatles Ball Goes On The Block http://blogmedo.com/beatles-ball-goes-on-the-block/ http://blogmedo.com/beatles-ball-goes-on-the-block/#comments Sat, 01 Dec 2007 02:53:27 +0000 Alan Porter http://blogmedo.com/beatles-ball-goes-on-the-block/ 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 baseball autographed by all four Beatles. Two of the baseballs have been sold, one was lost, and this ball, is the last of the four.

]]> http://blogmedo.com/beatles-ball-goes-on-the-block/feed/ 1 GOSH – Macca’s Giant Guitar Sells for $120,000 http://blogmedo.com/gosh-maccas-giant-guitar-sells-for-120000/ http://blogmedo.com/gosh-maccas-giant-guitar-sells-for-120000/#comments Sat, 24 Nov 2007 02:12:33 +0000 Alan Porter http://blogmedo.com/gosh-maccas-giant-guitar-sells-for-120000/ 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 happy that the guitar went for so much and for such a great cause.” The successful bidder has announced he will donate the McCartney guitar to Great Ormond Street Hospital in London in December.

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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 to then-Beatle Harrison on Jan. 1, 1965, according to RM Auctions Inc., which is holding the Oct. 30 and 31 sale in partnership with Sotheby’s.

The car is unrestored, according to RM. After Harrison, a Tokyo museum owned the Aston. Then it was bought in 1997 and shipped to Germany, the auction company said.

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A spokesman for the auction said: “Who knows what The Beatles were really up to in this previously unseen photograph – we’ll never know.” It is one of a group of eight transparencies featuring the Fab Four found among a cache of 1,400 images covering subjects from the late 19th century to the Swinging Sixties. The prints and negatives represent the remaining stock of the now defunct Collectors’ Photographs Ltd.

All were sold by Surrey fine art auctioneers Ewbank on September 20.

]]> http://blogmedo.com/rare-beatles-photos-go-under-the-hammer/feed/ 0 Forgotten Album sells for $4,500 http://blogmedo.com/forgotten-album-sells-for-4500/ http://blogmedo.com/forgotten-album-sells-for-4500/#comments Wed, 12 Sep 2007 01:31:36 +0000 Alan Porter http://blogmedo.com/forgotten-album-sells-for-4500/ 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 Williams found that it was not a live Beatles album as the title implied, he thought that he had been ripped off and stuck it into the back of his record collection and forgot it.

Reportedly only 300 of the stereo “Rainbow Label” Portrait Cover albums were ever released. Tony finally decided to list the album recently on eBay and watched excitedy as the bidding dramatically accelerated in the last few minutes and ended at more than $4,500.

“It was exciting. I didn’t buy this from a collector as an investment. I bought it for $1.99 at a record store as a college kid that really liked the Beatles.” Parting with the album will not be easy for Tony. “I’ve known it was valuable for almost 30 years; I just didn’t know how valuable! I hope the new owner takes good care of it.”

Source: Xenia Daily Gazette

]]> http://blogmedo.com/forgotten-album-sells-for-4500/feed/ 0 John’s Million Dollar Specs http://blogmedo.com/johns-million-dollar-specs/ http://blogmedo.com/johns-million-dollar-specs/#comments Fri, 13 Jul 2007 23:51:59 +0000 Alan Porter http://blogmedo.com/johns-million-dollar-specs/ 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 as Mr Yore removed them when Lennon was murdered in 1980. In a traditional mark of respect, he pushed them out with his thumbs so that, in death, Lennon could see.

The Beatles faced death threats from religious fanatics over their concerts at the sacred site of Budokan. While holed up at Tokyo’s Hilton Hotel, Lennon struck up a friendship with his translator. And after the band’s final gig, the pair swapped gifts in the Japanese tradition. Mr Yore presented Lennon with a set of copper cups and received the spectacles in return.”

The auction on the website 991.com is open until the end of the month.

]]> http://blogmedo.com/johns-million-dollar-specs/feed/ 0 Vegas Beatles Auction to feature Stuart’s Art http://blogmedo.com/vegas-beatles-auction-to-feature-stuarts-art/ http://blogmedo.com/vegas-beatles-auction-to-feature-stuarts-art/#comments Sun, 24 Jun 2007 21:07:29 +0000 Alan Porter http://blogmedo.com/vegas-beatles-auction-to-feature-stuarts-art/ 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, Liverpool Art School Artworks, Pen and Ink Drawings (such as Stuart’s character study sketch of John shown below), Self Portrait Sketch, Watercolor Painting, and others. 

Besides the Stuart Sutcliffe Collection, the auction will include over 350 lots of Beatles Autographs, concert posters and ephemera, records, toys and memorabilia. There will be items from $100.00 to $100,000. 00 so everyone can buy something for investment or for fun.

A full color catalog is available from ItsOnlyRockNRoll.com for $30.00 postpaid. There will be a live auction beginning at 2:00 p.m. Las Vegas time as part of The Fest For Beatles Fans. Seats are available with the purchase of a catalog. Bidding will be available in advance by contacting ItsOnlyRockNRoll.com and on eBay in conjunction with Victorian Casino Antiques of Las Vegas.

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