Rare 1962 Beatles Concert Handbill

Original 1960s handbills are very rare items of memorabilia, because they were throw-away things, often binned right away or shortly after the event they advertised.

This handbill is from July 1962. It is for a concert on 30th, and the Beatles had only signed for EMI/Parlophone at the start of that month.

The Beatles played at the venue five times in 1962, and this handbill is for the last of those dates.

Pete Best would have still been with the band, as Ringo did not join till the August.

And of course, although freshly signed to EMI, the band wouldn't have a single out till the October.

This rare piece of Beatle history is estimated at £1700-£1800


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Wings Autographs inside Ram Music Book

Here is a lovely set of Wings autographs in a Ram music book.

Denny Laine has signed first followed by Paul and Linda McCartney, with Linda playfully adding "two" parodying Paul's addition of "too"

Estimate - £350-£400


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Playtime with The Beatles

Beatles items were targetted at all kinds of fans of all ages back in the 1960s.
For children who wanted to grow up to be a Beatles there was a range of toy musical intruments to help them on their way.

This plastic New Sound guitar features images of the Beatles and even has plastic guitar strings.

It carries an estimate of £120-£150

This New Beat toy drum features a replica Ringo Starr autograph on the drum skin and a colour Beatles image on the drum body.

It carries an estimate of £250-£300









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More Institute Items.

A couple of rather interesting items arrived this morning from an Institute old boy.

First of all there's a newsletter from July 1963 catching up with successful Old Boy's P McCartney and G. Harrison.

Estimate £40-£50

Even better than the newsletter is a programme for Speech Day in 1959, which lists among the prize givings an art prize for J P McCartney.

Estimate £200-£250

Notice that the Speech Day programme gives Paul's his full initials J P McCartney, but by the time of the newsletter and his fame in the Beatles he is referred to as P McCartney.


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Unusual Cinema Handbill.

This is a handbill for a showing of Beatles Come To Town at the Tatler Cinema in Liverpool.

The cinema was located on Church Street in the city centre. It showed cartoons (and obviously pop music items) for children during the day and rather different movies later in the day for "discerning adults."

The estimate on this item is £60-£70.

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Auction promo video

Here is a short report that was made about the Beatles Auction which shows some of the items already taken in for the event in August.



The film was made for inclusion in a news show that can be seen here.




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A Hard Day's Write.

The Beatles first movie A Hard Day's Night, had it's Northern Première in Liverpool at The Odeon Cinema on July 10th 1964.

Hundreds of fans flocked to see the band at the event.

This Souvenir Programme was produced for those lucky enough to attend the screening.

Inside this particular copy, offered for sale in our August auction, is a set of signatures. These include three of the Beatles - John, George and Paul (Paul unusually signing his first name only) and several of the co-stars from the film - Norman Rossington, Derek Guyler, Lionel Blair and Wilfred Brambell.

The estimate on this signed item of Beatle history is £1300 - £1500

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Mike Mac signed White and Black

This print was issued to promote Paul's Chaos and Creation album. The photograph was taken by taken by his brother in their back garden when they were younger.

When Paul's son James was in Liverpool recently, he and Mike recreated this photograph.

The print is signed by Mike McCartney and he has added the word "foto"

Estimate - £80-£100

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Record Store Day Beatles Single.

April 17th 2010 was Record Store Day in the UK and a series of vinyl singles were issued to celebrate this. One of these was a reissue of the Beatles Paperback Writer/Rain single. It was limited to only 1000 copies, making it the most limited release of a Beatles single ever.

On the day these singles cost £4.99 each, however they were very quickly changing hands for larger sums on places like eBay. It's likely to become harder to get hold of the single as time goes on and they are currently costing between £80-£100 (which is the estimate this lot carries in the auction.)

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Wings Japan Concert Programme from cancelled tour.

In January 1980 Paul McCartney was arrested in Japan for possession of marijuana. His nine day jail stint led to the cancellation of the planned tour of the country.

As this was at short notice programmes for the tour had already been printed and subsequently sold off to fans via the Wings Fun Club.

This copy is going into the auction in August and carries an estimate of £60 - £70


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