2022 Beatles Auction - Rare Robert Freeman Signed Photographic Prints

A rare Robert Freeman signed photographic print gifted to the organiser of the Art of The Beatles exhibition held in Liverpool after the event in 1984. The image was used for the Beatles For Sale album cover. Comes with a letter to the exhibition organiser, Mike Evans, from Robert Freeman. 

This item will be going under the hammer in our Annual Liverpool Beatles Memorabilia Auction this August. The estimate is £800-£1000

Also up for sale in the auction will be this image from the same session. It is also a signed photographic print gifted to Mike Evans at the same time. (This lot does not come with a letter.) 

Estimate - £800-£900

2022 Beatles Auction - Full Sheet of Original 1967 Cavern Club Stickers

 A full sheet of round Cavern Club stickers dating from 1967.

Estimate £100-£120

2022 Beatles Auction - Two Beatles Brooches

This lot of two Beatles Brooches will be up for sale in our forthcoming Annual Beatles Memorabilia Auction.  One is a gold-coloured Script brooch and the other is a "Flasher" brooch featuring different images depending on the angle to look at it. 

The estimate on this lot is £50-£60

2022 Beatles Auction - Sean Lennon and Pete Best autographs

 Up for auction in our Annual Liverpool Beatles Memorabilia Auction 2022 in August - 

A fully signed 10" single by Ghost of A Sabertooth Tiger including Sean Lennon. 

Estimate - £40-£50

Also, a copy of True Beginnings in paperback fully signed by the Best brothers - Pete, Rory and Roag. 

Estimate £50-£60

2022 Beatles Auction - Billy Fury Autograph

 Before the Beatles, there was Billy Fury, Liverpool's own rock and roll icon! 

This signed promotional card is framed up with a copy of the reverse of the card and will be up for sale in our forthcoming Beatles Memorabilia auction. 

Estimate - £60-£80

2022 Beatles Auction - Rare Selcol Toy Beatles Guitar on Card, New Sound Toy Guitar and Selcol Toy Guitar Box

This very rare small plastic guitar was made by Selcol in 1964. It is still in its original plastic, with backing card and plectrum!  It's quite rare to find the toy guitars with their original packaging. 
This item will be up for sale in our Annual Liverpool Beatles Memorabilia Auction in August. The estimate for this lot will be £2000-£2500

There were various designs of toy guitars. Below is a more common but still collectable example - the New Sound Guitar.  It is also in the forthcoming auction. The estimate for that will be £80-£100.

As we said, packaging for the toy guitars can be rare, even more unusual is packing boxes for the items. If you haven't guessed we even have one of those going in the auction this year too! This one seems to have been used to supply a venue in Scotland with toy guitars. Sadly you don't get any stock in the box, but the estimate for this lot will be £100-£150

 

2022 Beatles Auction - School Photographs from 1956 and 1960 and other Items Related to The Liverpool Institute for Boys

Items related to the schools attended by the various members of the Beatles are often highly sought after. School photos are particularly popular and valuable among collectors. 

We have two of the old long school photographs from the Liverpool Institute for Boys going into our forthcoming Liverpool Beatles Memorabilia Auction. 

The first is from 1956 and includes both Paul McCartney and George Harrison (Neil Aspinall and Mike McCartney are in there too.) 

The photograph is rolled (which is how they came at the time) and carries an estimate of £900-£1200

The second is from 1960 and is badly damaged but comes with a full size reprinted version. 
It includes Paul McCartney (George left the school to work as an apprentice before this photograph was taken) and Mike McCartney should be on it too. 

The estimate on this photograph is £500-£600.

Staying with the Liverpool Institute but unfortunately items without Beatles contents we also have the following two lots going under the hammer. 

Three Institute Magazines from 1960, 1961 and 1963. 

Estimate £30-£40

Two Institute Speech Day Programmes from 1963 and 1964

Estimate £30-£40

2022 Beatles Auction - Rare Beatles Juke Box Jury recording ticket and Programme

 On the 7th December, 1963 members of the Northern Area Beatles Fan Club were given the chance to attend a show at the Liverpool Empire Theatre where the Beatles recorded an episode of the TV Show Juke Box Jury, and after that a live performance which was broadcast on television later that evening. 

There is a ticket and a programme for the event going under the hammer (as two separate lots) in our forthcoming Liverpool Beatles Memorabilia Auction this August. 

Juke Box Jury Ticket (front and back) Estimate £250-£300

Juke Box Jury Programme. Estimate £250-£300

2022 Beatles Auction - Ringo Starr Autograph

 Ringo autograph on colour promotional photograph

Estimate £150-£200

2022 Beatles Auction - Very Rare Beatles Handbill for Slough

Handbills and leaflets are quite rare due to the fact that they were most often discarded after the shows had happened or tickets had been sent for etc... 

This rare handbill is for the first show of the tour with Roy Orbison at the Adelphi Cinema in Slough on 18th May 1963. The booking slip has been removed, so presumably, the original owner sent for tickets for the concert. I wonder if they enjoyed it? 

It will be offered up for sale in our Annual Liverpool Beatles Memorabilia Auction this coming August and it is estimated to reach between £600 and £800. 

2022 Beatles Auction - Rare Beatle Show Programme for Romford and Guilford shows in June 1963

 This rare Beatles Show concert programme covers two shows in 1963. The first was a Mersey Beat Showcase on 16th June (unusually, this show was sponsored by John Smith, not NEMS Enterprises)   and the second is the band's only appearance in Guildford on 21st June.

It will be offered up for sale in the forthcoming Annual Liverpool Beatles Memorabilia Auction and has an estimate of £200-£250. 

2022 Beatles Auction - Rare Beatles Concert Programme for Bournemouth Concerts August 1963

 The Beatles performed a string of shows at the Gaumont in Bournemouth from 19th to 24th of August 1963.  This is the concert programme for those shows. It will be going under the hammer at our Annual Liverpool Beatles Memorabilia Auction in August. 

The estimate for this rare programme is £150-£200

2022 Beatles Auction - Rare Beatles Christmas Show Concert Programme from December 1963

This rare programme is for the Beatles Christmas Shows in Bradford and Liverpool on 21st and 22nd December 1963.  The two shows were preview performances for the show before it took up a 16-night residency at the Astoria Cinema in Finsbury Park. 

These preview shows were without the stages sets, costume changes and comedy sketches that featured in the main run of the show. 

This item will be up for sale in our Annual Liverpool Beatles Memorabilia Auction this coming August. It carries an estimate of £150-£200