Tuesday 19 August 2014

How To Place An Absentee Bid.

If you cannot attend the 2014 Annual Liverpool Beatles Memorabilia Auction and want to place absentee bids on any items then the various methods are listed below.

1) Email. 
Send an email to auction@thebeatleshop.co.uk with "Absentee Bids" in the subject line (this helps us sort the messages from everything else in that inbox)
List the lot number and your top bid for each item. We do not take unlimited bids, you must state the amount you are willing to go up to. (See Notes below)
You will be contacted for further details.

2) Fax
Fax to 0113 2779750, (or from the USA 0144113 2779750) with your full name and address, contact number and/or email.
List the lot number and your top bid for each item. We do not take unlimited bids, you must state the amount you are willing to go up to. (See Notes below)

ALL BIDS MUST BE RECEIVED PRIOR TO 9.00 BST (8.00 UT) ON SATURDAY MORNING. BIDS RECEIVED AFTER THIS MAY NOT BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT.

Notes
We are required to try and obtain the items for you for the best price possible dependant on bids in the room and other absentee bids on the books.

All bids must be in UK£ not local currency.

You may be asked to secure your absentee bid with credit card details. This does not mean we will take payment via this method. You will be contacted after the auction if you are the winning bidder for payment arrangements, including any shipping costs.

We accept credit cards (subject to a 3% administration charge) and personal cheques (drawn on a UK bank, with bankers guarantee cards within the limit.)

Please note that a buyer’s premium of 17% of the hammer price is payable by the buyer’s of all lots, this premium includes VAT 

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The 2014 Liverpool Beatles Memorabilia Auction takes place on 23rd August 2014 at the Paul McCartney Auditorium at The Liverpool Institute for the Performing Arts.

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Additional Lot: Beatles Autographs from Paris

This fabulous set of autographs are going into the 2014 Liverpool Beatles Auction Memorabilia Auction.

Lot 178a Full set of Beatles signatures obtained in Paris, 
France, outside the George V Hotel during the groups stay 
there in January 1964. Comes with detailed letter from vendor 
about how he obtained them that day Estimate £2225-£2500

The letter from the vendor is very detailed and captures the day very well. (See extract below)

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The 2014 Liverpool Beatles Memorabilia Auction takes place on 23rd August 2014 at the Paul McCartney Auditorium at The Liverpool Institute for the Performing Arts.

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Monday 11 August 2014

Early Cavern days Beatles' photograph with copyright up for auction

We've made the news!

Click here to read about the Cavern photograph being sold complete with copyright in our Auction



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Withdrawn lot and replacement item

Item 287 as listed in the Auction Catalogue (a modern Pete Best autograph on a repaired Fan Club night Cavern photocard)  has been withdrawn from the sale by the vendor.

We apologise for any inconvenience.

The item has been replaced with the following item -

Liverpool Oratorio Brooch. These were given to members of the Choir by Paul McCartney in 1991 (1) £80­-£100

The pdf file of the Auction items available on this page has been altered to reflect this. However the item was withdrawn after the Auction Catalogues had gone to print.


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Wednesday 6 August 2014

2014 Auction Catalogue to download


The proper page and all other details will be sorted out and posted shortly but for now here is the full list of items in this year's Annual Liverpool Beatles Memorabilia Auction.

Click here to view/download the PDF file 



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The 2014 Liverpool Beatles Memorabilia Auction takes place on 23rd August 2014 at the Paul McCartney Auditorium at The Liverpool Institute for the Performing Arts.

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Tuesday 1 July 2014

Chris Montez and Tommy Roe Handbill and Programme.

This year as the climax to the Beatle Week celebrations Cavern City Tours are presenting Chris Montez and Tommy Roe in a recreation of the legendary tour from 1963 featuring The Beatles.

We have some original items from that very tour up for sale in our Annual Liverpool Beatles Memorabilia Auction which is held just a few days before the recreation of the show in the Cavern Club.

This programme for the concert tour is expected to reach £80-£100 at auction. 

And this rare handbill for the show at the Liverpool Empire Theatre is estimated at £400-£450.




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The 2014 Liverpool Beatles Memorabilia Auction takes place on 23rd August 2014 at the Paul McCartney Auditorium at The Liverpool Institute for the Performing Arts. Items are being taken in for this year's event at The Beatles Shop on Mathew Street. Please check the contact page for details of how to get in touch with us regarding valuations of any items you may have and the availability of our valuer. All valuations are free.

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Tickets for Beatles at The Floral Hall in Southport 1963.

These tickets are for two separate Beatles concerts at the Floral Hall in Southport in 1963. One dates from 23rd April and the other is from 15th October. This was the last time the band at the venue.

Estimate £150-£200

Estimate £180-£250
The tickets will be sold in our Annual Liverpool Beatles Memorabilia Auction next month.



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The 2014 Liverpool Beatles Memorabilia Auction takes place on 23rd August 2014 at the Paul McCartney Auditorium at The Liverpool Institute for the Performing Arts. Items are being taken in for this year's event at The Beatles Shop on Mathew Street. Please check the contact page for details of how to get in touch with us regarding valuations of any items you may have and the availability of our valuer. All valuations are free.

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Cavern Handbill featuring Alexis Korner and The Clayton Squares

Handbill for the Cavern Club Rhythm and Blues Marathon on Sunday 19th July 1964.

This handbill is estimated to sell at around £80-£120




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The 2014 Liverpool Beatles Memorabilia Auction takes place on 23rd August 2014 at the Paul McCartney Auditorium at The Liverpool Institute for the Performing Arts. Items are being taken in for this year's event at The Beatles Shop on Mathew Street. Please check the contact page for details of how to get in touch with us regarding valuations of any items you may have and the availability of our valuer. All valuations are free.

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Rock and Roll Legends in New Brighton

The Tower Ballroom in New Brighton played host to lots of music legends.

Up for sale in our Annual Liverpool Beatles Memorabilia Auction are these vintage photographs by Robert Dean of rock and roll legends Little Richard and Jerry Lee Lewis at the venue.

Jerry Lee Lewis

Little Richard

They are being sold as two separate lots with each lot expected to fetch between £80-£100



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The 2014 Liverpool Beatles Memorabilia Auction takes place on 23rd August 2014 at the Paul McCartney Auditorium at The Liverpool Institute for the Performing Arts. Items are being taken in for this year's event at The Beatles Shop on Mathew Street. Please check the contact page for details of how to get in touch with us regarding valuations of any items you may have and the availability of our valuer. All valuations are free.

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Beatles Badges and a Bit of Bus Seat

The annual Liverpool Beatles Auction takes place next month on 23rd August at the Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts.  Here's a couple of items in the sale.

These two Beatles badges are being sold in one lot with an estimate of £40-£50

This section of seat cover from the Magical Mystery Tour bus is estimated to sell for £40-£50


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The 2014 Liverpool Beatles Memorabilia Auction takes place on 23rd August 2014 at the Paul McCartney Auditorium at The Liverpool Institute for the Performing Arts. Items are being taken in for this year's event at The Beatles Shop on Mathew Street. Please check the contact page for details of how to get in touch with us regarding valuations of any items you may have and the availability of our valuer. All valuations are free.

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Tuesday 24 June 2014

Rare Beatles in the Cavern Images With Copyright.

We have two rare negatives of the Beatles in the Cavern Club up for sale in our Annual Liverpool Beatles Memorabilia auction in August. Details of the event are at the end of this post.

Both of the images are sold with copyright and one is unpublished.

The image below is cropped and watermarked for copyright reasons. The other, unpublished, image is available to potential bidders in a watermarked version on request (click here for contact details). Both images will be available to see on the auction viewing day the day before the event.


The estimate for these images plus copyright is £1400-£1600 each. 

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The 2014 Liverpool Beatles Memorabilia Auction takes place on 23rd August 2014 at the Paul McCartney Auditorium at The Liverpool Institute for the Performing Arts. Items are being taken in for this year's event at The Beatles Shop on Mathew Street. Please check the contact page for details of how to get in touch with us regarding valuations of any items you may have and the availability of our valuer. All valuations are free.

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Signed Paul McCartney - aged 11.

Regular readers of the Beatles Examiner site may have seen a recent report on there about this early example of a McCartney signature. You can read the article by clicking here.

Written on the back of a photo from the Joseph Williams school, Paul's autograph appears with the signatures of all his classmates. He was probably about eleven years old at the time making this one of the earliest McCartney signatures in existence.


This piece of early McCartney history will be sold in our auction this August (details below) and is estimated to reach between £1500-£1750



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The 2014 Liverpool Beatles Memorabilia Auction takes place on 23rd August 2014 at the Paul McCartney Auditorium at The Liverpool Institute for the Performing Arts. Items are being taken in for this year's event at The Beatles Shop on Mathew Street. Please check the contact page for details of how to get in touch with us regarding valuations of any items you may have and the availability of our valuer. All valuations are free.

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Tuesday 17 June 2014

Rare Early Mersey Beat magazines and business card

Mersey Beat magazine first appeared in July 1961. The first issue famously featured a piece written by John Lennon entitled "Being A Short Diversion On The Dubious Origins Of The Beatles" which included the line about a man on a flaming pie, from which Paul McCartney got the title of his 1997 album.

As with a lot of paper memorabilia, Mersey Beats were often discarded after they had been read. Not many people hung on to local papers, music based or otherwise, at the time. Therefore these throwaway items often become highly collectible.

Up for sale in our 2014 Liverpool Beatles Memorabilia Auction are the first three issues of Mersey Beat magazine, including issue 2 which was the first time The Beatles adorned the cover.


Click on images for larger versions.

Each issue is expected to reach £800-£1000.

Also in the auction is this Mersey Beat business card.
This carries an estimate of £250-£300


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The 2014 Liverpool Beatles Memorabilia Auction takes place on 23rd August 2014 at the Paul McCartney Auditorium at The Liverpool Institute for the Performing Arts. Items are being taken in for this year's event at The Beatles Shop on Mathew Street. Please check the contact page for details of how to get in touch with us regarding valuations of any items you may have and the availability of our valuer. All valuations are free.

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Wednesday 4 June 2014

Rare 1961 Beatles Negatives to be sold with Copyright

If you get the Liverpool Echo, read it online or have been on our facebook or twitter timelines you may have seen the article about this photograph. If not then click here to read all about it.


The photograph was taken at St John's Hall in Tuebrook, Liverpool in 1961.

The negative for this image, and therefore the copyright, is up for sale along with four other negatives from the same night, in our annual Liverpool Beatles Memorabilia auction in August. The complete lot of five negatives currently carries an estimate of £1750-£2500.

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The 2014 Liverpool Beatles Memorabilia Auction takes place on 23rd August 2014 at the Paul McCartney Auditorium at The Liverpool Institute for the Performing Arts. Items are being taken in for this year's event at The Beatles Shop on Mathew Street. Please check the contact page for details of how to get in touch with us regarding valuations of any items you may have and the availability of our valuer. All valuations are free.

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Liverpool Institute Green Book

Items from the school years of the Beatles are always very popular in our auctions.
These little Green Books were given out to the pupils of the Liverpool Institute for Boys. (Which is now LIPA where our Liverpool Beatles Memorabilia auctions are held every year).
This particular Green Book dates from 1959 and includes amongst the list of pupils both Paul and Mike McCartney. Another page details Paul's Prize for Art that year.



 The book is estimated to sell for £350-£450


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The 2014 Liverpool Beatles Memorabilia Auction takes place on 23rd August 2014 at the Paul McCartney Auditorium at The Liverpool Institute for the Performing Arts. Items are being taken in for this year's event at The Beatles Shop on Mathew Street. Please check the contact page for details of how to get in touch with us regarding valuations of any items you may have and the availability of our valuer. All valuations are free.

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Monday 2 June 2014

Paul McCartney Waxwork Figure

We get some unusual lots in our auctions and just when we think we've seen it all along comes a waxwork dummy of Paul McCartney.

Resplendent in his replica Beatles suit and mounted on a small wooden plinth, this life size facsimile comes with a Hofner copy bass guitar.

It could be the ideal thing for the Beatles fan who has everything!

It will be up for sale in our annual Liverpool Beatles Memorabilia auction in August where we expect it to attract a lot of attention.

The estimate for this lot is £800-£1000




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The 2014 Liverpool Beatles Memorabilia Auction takes place on 23rd August 2014 at the Paul McCartney Auditorium at The Liverpool Institute for the Performing Arts. Items are being taken in for this year's event at The Beatles Shop on Mathew Street. Please check the contact page for details of how to get in touch with us regarding valuations of any items you may have and the availability of our valuer. All valuations are free.

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Badfinger Promotional Items for Day After Day

We have two lovely lots of Badfinger items going into our annual Liverpool Beatles Memorabilia auction this coming August. Both relate to the release of the song Day After Day on Apple Records.

One lot consists of a press kit for the band which includes a biography, a promotional 8x10 black and white photo and a Fresh From Apple leaflet with details of the release.
The estimate for this lot is £120-£150.



Also in the auction regards the single release is this large promotional poster. It is estimated to reach £250-£300



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The 2014 Liverpool Beatles Memorabilia Auction takes place on 23rd August 2014 at the Paul McCartney Auditorium at The Liverpool Institute for the Performing Arts. Items are being taken in for this year's event at The Beatles Shop on Mathew Street. Please check the contact page for details of how to get in touch with us regarding valuations of any items you may have and the availability of our valuer. All valuations are free.

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Thursday 22 May 2014

Ferry 'Cross The Mersey photos with negatives

Although we specialise in Beatles stuff for the auction most of the time, we do also get some fabulous stuff related to other bands from the era and area.

In our forthcoming 2014 auction we have a small collection of negatives of photographs taken in Birkenhead during the filming of the Gerry and Pacemakers movie Ferry 'Cross The Mersey. These images are sold with copyright.

The lot also includes one of the images produced as an 8"x10" photograph and a contact sheet showing all the images for reference. 

The estimate for this lot is £300-£400.



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The 2014 Liverpool Beatles Memorabilia Auction takes place on 23rd August 2014 at the Paul McCartney Auditorium at The Liverpool Institute for the Performing Arts. Items are being taken in for this year's event at The Beatles Shop on Mathew Street. Please check the contact page for details of how to get in touch with us regarding valuations of any items you may have and the availability of our valuer. All valuations are free.

For contact details regarding valuations and questions about the auction click here.

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Corgi Yellow Submarine in box.

Up for sale in our Annual Liverpool Beatles Memorabilia Auction this coming august - Corgi Yellow Submarine toy in original box.

Estimate £350-£400



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The 2014 Liverpool Beatles Memorabilia Auction takes place on 23rd August 2014 at the Paul McCartney Auditorium at The Liverpool Institute for the Performing Arts. Items are being taken in for this year's event at The Beatles Shop on Mathew Street. Please check the contact page for details of how to get in touch with us regarding valuations of any items you may have and the availability of our valuer. All valuations are free.

For contact details regarding valuations and questions about the auction click here.

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Wing Dings Beatles Sneakers/Trainers

In 1964 the Wing Ding Shoe Company in the USA were licensed by NEMS Enterprises to make Beatles footwear.

This pair of Wing Dings Beatles shoes  is complete with the original box. They will be up for sale in our Annual Liverpool Beatles Memorabilia Auction in August and the lot is estimated to reach between £275-£325



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The 2014 Liverpool Beatles Memorabilia Auction takes place on 23rd August 2014 at the Paul McCartney Auditorium at The Liverpool Institute for the Performing Arts. Items are being taken in for this year's event at The Beatles Shop on Mathew Street. Please check the contact page for details of how to get in touch with us regarding valuations of any items you may have and the availability of our valuer. All valuations are free.

For contact details regarding valuations and questions about the auction click here.

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Thursday 8 May 2014

Beatles Autograph from Belfast

This set of Beatles autographs was obtained for the vendor by a Policeman when the Beatles played in Belfast.


The signatures are on the reverse of a menu from the Grand Central Hotel in Belfast dated the 5th November 1963, the band played in the city a few days later on the 8th.


Although there are four signatures only three Beatles have signed the menu, Paul McCartney having signed on behalf of Ringo Starr.

The autographs are up for sale in our annual Beatles Memorabilia auction in August and they currently carry an estimate of £1200-£1500



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The 2014 Liverpool Beatles Memorabilia Auction takes place on 23rd August 2014 at the Paul McCartney Auditorium at The Liverpool Institute for the Performing Arts. Items are being taken in for this year's event at The Beatles Shop on Mathew Street. Please check the contact page for details of how to get in touch with us regarding valuations of any items you may have and the availability of our valuer. All valuations are free.

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Astrid Letter

Up for auction at the 2014 Annual Liverpool Beatles Memorabilia Auction in August.

Handwritten letter from Astrid Kirchherr regarding the establishment of a Stuart Sutcliffe Art Scholarship at John Moores University, Liverpool. The letter is dated 17th June 1994 and carries an estimate of £80-£100




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The 2014 Liverpool Beatles Memorabilia Auction takes place on 23rd August 2014 at the Paul McCartney Auditorium at The Liverpool Institute for the Performing Arts. Items are being taken in for this year's event at The Beatles Shop on Mathew Street. Please check the contact page for details of how to get in touch with us regarding valuations of any items you may have and the availability of our valuer. All valuations are free.

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Wednesday 30 April 2014

Richard Avedon Posters with Mailing Tube

The Richard Avedon Daily Express posters are very collectible and look fabulous when framed up and displayed.

We have a complete set of the four psychedelic images plus the black and white group shot going into our Annual Liverpool Beatles Memorabilia Auction in August.

As an added bonus the lot also comes with the very rare original Daily Express WH Smiths mailing tube.

The estimate for this lot is £450 - £500



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The 2014 Liverpool Beatles Memorabilia Auction takes place on 23rd August 2014 at the Paul McCartney Auditorium at The Liverpool Institute for the Performing Arts. Items are being taken in for this year's event at The Beatles Shop on Mathew Street. Please check the contact page for details of how to get in touch with us regarding valuations of any items you may have and the availability of our valuer. All valuations are free.

For contact details regarding valuations and questions about the auction click here.

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Beatles Drinking Glasses

This complete set of Dutch drinking glasses date from around 1964.  There is one for each Beatle featuring a drawing and their name. Bizarrely the John and Paul designs have the wrong names under their pictures. John's says Paul and vice versa.

The glasses will be sold as one lot in our annual Liverpool Beatles Auction in August and they carry an estimate of £200 - £250



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The 2014 Liverpool Beatles Memorabilia Auction takes place on 23rd August 2014 at the Paul McCartney Auditorium at The Liverpool Institute for the Performing Arts. Items are being taken in for this year's event at The Beatles Shop on Mathew Street. Please check the contact page for details of how to get in touch with us regarding valuations of any items you may have and the availability of our valuer. All valuations are free.

For contact details regarding valuations and questions about the auction click here.

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Cavern Handbill for The Rattles

This original Cavern Handbill dates from 1963 and features the German band The Rattles.

It will be sold in our auction in August and carries an estimate of £80 - £100



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The 2014 Liverpool Beatles Memorabilia Auction takes place on 23rd August 2014 at the Paul McCartney Auditorium at The Liverpool Institute for the Performing Arts. Items are being taken in for this year's event at The Beatles Shop on Mathew Street. Please check the contact page for details of how to get in touch with us regarding valuations of any items you may have and the availability of our valuer. All valuations are free.

For contact details regarding valuations and questions about the auction click here.

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George Harrison autograph on promo card

George Harrison autograph on the reverse of a 1960s promo card.
Estimate £500 - £550



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The 2014 Liverpool Beatles Memorabilia Auction takes place on 23rd August 2014 at the Paul McCartney Auditorium at The Liverpool Institute for the Performing Arts. Items are being taken in for this year's event at The Beatles Shop on Mathew Street. Please check the contact page for details of how to get in touch with us regarding valuations of any items you may have and the availability of our valuer. All valuations are free.

For contact details regarding valuations and questions about the auction click here.

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Selco Ringo Starr Toy Drum

Every band needs a drummer even pretend ones, so as well as plastic Beatles guitars Selco made Ringo drums.

This one, with it's box, will be going up for sale in our annual Liverpool Beatles Memorabilia Auction in August and it is expected to fetch between £300 and £350




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The 2014 Liverpool Beatles Memorabilia Auction takes place on 23rd August 2014 at the Paul McCartney Auditorium at The Liverpool Institute for the Performing Arts. Items are being taken in for this year's event at The Beatles Shop on Mathew Street. Please check the contact page for details of how to get in touch with us regarding valuations of any items you may have and the availability of our valuer. All valuations are free.

For contact details regarding valuations and questions about the auction click here.

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Thursday 3 April 2014

Rare Fan Club Advertising Poster

I don't really know what to write about this item. I don't think we've ever sold anything like this before.

Back in the days before the official Beatles Fan Club was formed three girls from St Helens started one up and they would take this notice with them to any gigs to advertise it. This included trips to the Cavern Club and other local concerts.

Details of how the fan club came in to being (including Bob Wooler's part in the tale) and comments from the girls can be found in Mark Lewisohn's book Tune In on pages 489 -491.



It's never easy to place a value on something that is so obviously a one-off item, but the current estimate on this notice is £250-£300. It will be sold in our Annual Liverpool Beatles Memorabilia auction in August and will be a great addition to someone's collection.


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The 2014 Liverpool Beatles Memorabilia Auction takes place on 23rd August 2014 at the Paul McCartney Auditorium at The Liverpool Institute for the Performing Arts. Items are being taken in for this year's event at The Beatles Shop on Mathew Street. Please check the contact page for details of how to get in touch with us regarding valuations of any items you may have and the availability of our valuer. All valuations are free.

For contact details regarding valuations and questions about the auction click here.

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Tuesday 1 April 2014

Brian Epstein Autograph

This Beatles promotional card has a printed Ringo Starr autograph on it, which would make it unremarkable. However is also has the signature of the Beatles manager, Brian Epstein, on it in pencil.

There's currently lots of interest in Epstein due to the play about to open in the West End and the Dark Horse Comics Graphic Novel.

This item carries an estimate of £550-£600.


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Rory Storm Items

Rory Storm was the master showman of the early Mersey Beat scene. Before he joined the Beatles, Ringo Starr was the drummer for Rory's band, The Hurricanes.

This business card features all of Rory's contact details on one side while the reverse lists various talent shows where they were finalists or winners.


The estimate on this business card is £200-£250 and it will be up for sale in our Liverpool Beatles Auction this August. 

Also in this year's auction is this promotional photo card of Rory Storm. The front features a printed signature and phone number, and it is actually signed on the reverse by Rory and dedicated to Bill.




The estimate on this autograph is £100-£120





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The 2014 Liverpool Beatles Memorabilia Auction takes place on 23rd August 2014 at the Paul McCartney Auditorium at The Liverpool Institute for the Performing Arts. Items are being taken in for this year's event at The Beatles Shop on Mathew Street. Please check the contact page for details of how to get in touch with us regarding valuations of any items you may have and the availability of our valuer. All valuations are free.

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Pete Best Four Autographs

After leaving the Beatles Pete Best continued to play (in fact he's still out there playing) and formed a band called the Pete Best Four.

This full set of autographs from the band will be in out 2014 Liverpool Beatles Auction next August.

Estimate £100-£150




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Friday 21 March 2014

Rare Beatles Lilo

Dating from 1964 this Beatles airbed was made by Lilo.
It's yellow with a red back. 




This rare novelty item is going into our Beatles Memorabilia Auction in August this year and has an estimate of £200-£275


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Concert Programme for The Beatles in Great Yarmouth.

This concert programme is for The Beatles' appearance at the ABC in Great Yarmouth on Sunday July 28th 1963.



The estimate for this item is £150-£180.
It will be sold in our auction in August this year.


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Unusual Beatles Stratton DialPad Phone Book.

This gold coloured phone book features a black and white photograph of the Beatles in the middle of the dial on the cover. (The dial was to open the pad at the selected page)


It was made by Stratton and comes complete with the original box. 

We estimate that this could fetch £450-£550 when it goes up for sale in our auction in August. 


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The 2014 Liverpool Beatles Memorabilia Auction takes place on 23rd August 2014 at the Paul McCartney Auditorium at The Liverpool Institute for the Performing Arts. Items are being taken in for this year's event at The Beatles Shop on Mathew Street. Please check the contact page for details of how to get in touch with us regarding valuations of any items you may have and the availability of our valuer. All valuations are free.

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