In Their Own Write

Original books are popular with collectors and we often have early editions of Beatles books in our annual Liverpool Beatles Auction.

Already in for the sale this coming August are two books written by John Lennon.

In His Own Write - 3rd Edition (1964) and A Spaniard In The Works - 1st Edition (1965) 

They are being sold together in one lot and carry an estimate of £80-£90.


Also for sale in August is this first edition hardback copy of Brian Epstein's book A Cellarful of Noise.

This has an estimate of £30-£40.


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Concert Tickets

Beatles Concert tickets were, more often than not, discarded at the time, making them desirable among collectors.

Tickets were often collected at the door of venues, or the stubs were thrown away after the concert as they were no longer needed.

Over the years we have sold some very rare examples of Beatles concert tickets in our annual Liverpool Beatles Auction. Three of the rarest are shown below with the prices they reached.

This ticket for the Beatles last performance at the Cavern Club sold for £7400 in 2012

The Beatles played at a staff dance in Lewis's Department store in Liverpool. This ticket for the dance sold for £3550 in 2013

This unused ticket for a concert on the Royal Iris Mersey Ferry sold for £2000 in 2010

Even tickets for ordinary Beatles concerts have a value to collectors.

These tickets for shows at the Liverpool Empire in 1963 were auctioned in 2011. The Tommy Roe/Chris Montez ticket sold for £240 and the other two reached £220 each.

If you have any concert memorabilia - tickets, handbills, programmes - that you would like valuing please feel free to get in touch. The link to our contact details is below. Valuations are completely free.



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The Play's The Thing!

While at the Liverpool Institute, Paul McCartney appeared in the 1960 school production of Saint Joan, written by George Bernard Shaw and first performed in 1923, just three years after the canonisation of Joan of Arc.

Paul played the part of an Assessor and further up the bill, playing Richard De Beauchamp, was future newsreader Peter Sissons.

The play was directed by the Head of English at the Institute, Alan "Dusty" Durband who would but modern spins on the productions to help get the students more interested in the work. A few years later he would one of the driving forces behind the foundation of Liverpool's legendary Everyman Theatre.

The programme for the Liverpool Institute production of Saint Joan is going into our annual Liverpool Beatles Auction this coming August and is expected to fetch between £450-£550.

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Birthday Card from Two Grateful McCartney Boys.

This is a rather unusual autograph from the McCartney boys.
It is a birthday card for a lady called Muriel. She was a neighbour when they lived in Ardwick Road and it seems that she and her husband saved Paul and Mike from a flooded Lime Pit at the end of their garden.
This birthday card was sent 50 years after their rescue and is mostly written by Mike and signed by both him and Paul.

(Estimate £550-£650)

Mike as obviously very grateful as he also sent this lyrics sheet to Eddie (Muriel's husband) signing it as "one of those brats you saved" 

(Estimate  £80-£100)

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Both items will be up for sale in our 2014 Liverpool Beatles Auction next August. 

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Parlophone Promo Card.

This Parlophone Records promotional card has been signed by three Beatles but there are four signatures because Ringo has signed Paul's name as well as his own.

It wasn't unusual for them to sign each other names when things were handed in to sign.

The card will be up for sale in our 2014 Liverpool Beatles Auction next August and is expected to sell for between £800-£900.

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Beatles Fan Photos

These vintage photos of the Beatles capture the boys in less guarded moments than most published images.
The photos were given to the vendor by the person who took the photographs and are not sold with copyright.

The estimate for this collection of five photographs is £250-£300.

Phillips Studios Record Sleeve

The Quarrymen famously recorded an acetate in the Phillips Studios at 38 Kensington, Liverpool. The door to this studio is now on display at the Liverpool Museum to celebrate all the famous faces that passed through it.

This card record sleeve from the studio will be up for sale in our 2014 auction and has an estimate of £30-£50.

Something New

This export copy of Something New was purchased at the Burtonwood Airbase according to the vendor.

Most export releases were produced for sale on US air force bases throughout the UK and Europe.

The "sold in the UK subject to..." wording on the label was a mistake at the time of manufacture.

The record carries an estimate of £225-£275 and will be up for auction at our 2014 event.

A Good Place To Start

We try to have a good cross section of items in the auction each year because there's always new fans coming along who are interested in starting a Beatles collection. While some of the rarer or signed items may be out of some people's league there are plenty of really nice original Beatles items that look great when displayed and won't break the bank for new collectors.

Beatles jewellery is good starting point. There are several designs out there making it a nice collecting subset and the items look good both on display and when worn.

We already have a few examples in the auction for 2014.
Each of the items shown below carries an estimate of £30-£50.

Brooch

Brooch

Charm Bracelet

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