1960 Cavern Club Jazz Festival Programme.

In January 1960 The Cavern Club presented their first Liverpool Jazz Festival.

We have a copy of the programme for this festival in our auction in August. On the bill was Rory Storm and The Hurricanes who featured Ringo Starr on the drums before he became a Beatle.

This lot carries an estimate of £80-£100

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Various Programmes and Handbills

Concert programmes are facinating documents from the 1960s. There were often several bands on a bill and the programmes usually contained short biographies and photos of these groups that didn't always hit it big.

This collection of six assorted concert programmes includes Gerry & The Pacemakers, Billy J Kramer, The Searchers, The Merseys, Dionne Warwick, The Zombies,The Overlanders and more on various bills. The Overlanders/Merseys programme even includes a band named The Fruit Eating Bears that boasted future Badfinger member Joey Molland!
The estimate for this lot is - £60-£80

Handbills for concerts were largely disposed of by venues, promoter and even the general public after gigs had been and gone.

This collection of six handbills are all for shows at The Empire Theatre in Liverpool.  They features names such as Little Eva, Brian Hyland, The Searchers, Dusty Springfield, Bobby Vee, Conway Twitty, Johnny Preston, The Hollies, Marianne Faithfull, The Four Pennies, Freddie & The Dreamers, Del Shannon, Jet Harris, The Allisons, Herman's Hermits, Dave Berry, Brian Poole & The Tremeloes and more!
The estimate for this lot is £120-£150

Please note - these items are offered for sale in our annual Beatles Auction which takes place in Liverpool in August. Details of how to bid can be found in the FAQ section of this site.

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Rare Cavern Handbills

These Cavern Handbills are very rare items. Most of the time handbills were simply discarded after the events listed on them had passed so examples are few and far between, particularly older ones.

Both of these handbills are from the end of 1959 and both feature The Swinging Blue Genes.

One includes details of an appearance in the Cavern by Rory Storm and The Hurricanes, which would have included Ringo Starr on the drums.

(Click for larger image) The above handbill carries an estimate of £70-£80

(Click for larger image) The above handbill carries an estimate of £50-£60

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and all that Jazz.

This Merseyside Jazz Magazine from 1959 contains adverts for The Cavern Club and The Jacaranda Coffee Club and Bar.

It is being sold together with a large handbill for the The Temperance Seven at the Unicorn on May 23rd and 24th 1959.

This lot carries an estimate of £20-£30.

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Frank Comments...

Frank Comments was a magazine published by Frank Hessys Ltd. Hessy's was one of the music shops close to Mathew Street where members of various local bands including The Beatles bought their equipment.

Three copies of this magazine are for sale in our auction in August. They feature covers illustrated by Bill Harry. He also wrote articles and poems for the magazine. This is before he went on to launch the famous Mersey Beat magazine which documented the local group scene in the 1960s.

Each magazine features adverts for The Cavern Club which was a Jazz club back then.

This lot of three magazines carries an estimate of £50-£60.

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Cuddle the Beatles!

These Beatles Rag dolls date from the late 1980s and were made by Applause.
Each one has the original stand featuring the Beatles logo.

This cuddlesome lot carries an estimate of £275-£325

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John and Ringo autographs.

Autographs are always very popular lots in the auction.

The following two signatures are mounted (but unframed) with a photograph.

 Ringo autograph- estimated at £100-£120

John Lennon autograph - estimated at £700-£800

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Ringo and Paul signed items for Charity.

We have two very lovely signed items going into this year's auction with their proceeds going to worthy causes.

First of all this cool, white, star-shaped tambourine was signed by Ringo Starr in 2002. He signed with his first name and a star motif along with the year "02".

The vendor is donating any proceeds from the sale of this tambourine to The British Heart Foundation.

It carries an estimate of £200-£250.

Also being sold for charity is a unique scrapbook documented Paul McCartney's appearance at WH Smiths in Liverpool to sign copies of his poetry book Blackbird Singing. The signing took place on March 21st 2001.

The scrapbook contains newspaper cuttings and photographs from the time  as well as letters and faxes from customers before and after the event. 

Paul has signed one of the pages saying "Thanks" and added a large smiling face cartoon. 

The proceeds from the sale of this one off item will go to a local Liverpool charity (still to be decided upon) and it carries an estimate of £500-£600.

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There was a whole range of pottery using this distinctive blue and black decal. We've already got some plates in the auction and now we have a mug too.

This mug is embossed on the base with the words "Vogue Tams England No 64"
The estimate on this item is £40-£50

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New Sound Guitar.

There were several designs of toy Beatles guitars in the 1960s. This one is known as a New Sound guitar and was made by Selcol.

It will be offered for sale in our auction in August and carries an estimate of £120-£150

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