You can now download the complete auction catalogue including photos by clicking this link.
The catalogue is in pdf form. Most modern browsers are able to open these files automatically but if this doesn't work you can download a reader from adobe.
The above link includes photographs, but if you just want the catalogue text (a smaller download) then click this link (also a pdf file)
To obtain a printed copy of the catalogue send an A5 sized Stamped address envelope to
Beatles Auction Catalogue
The Beatles Shop
31 Mathew Street
Liverpool
L2 6RE
Overseas, please email auction@thebeatleshop.co.uk for details of how to get a printed catalogue (though for ease and speed we recommend simply viewing the pdf files)
Catalogues will also be available to pick up from the Beatles Shop from 13th August as well as at the venue on the viewing day and will be handed out at The Adelphi Hotel on the viewing day and morning of the event.
Tuesday, 7 August 2012
Lots numbers for items covered in this blog
Below are the lot numbers for items we have covered in this year’s auction blog along with links back to the original articles.
Please note some items we have covered have been withdrawn from this year’s sale.
Lot 1 – In His Own Write and A Spaniard In The Works
Lot 2 – Hunter Davies Beatles Biography
Lot 6 – Beatles Fan Club Patch
Lots 7- 11 Christmas Flexi Discs
Lot 17 – Louise and Harold Harrsion autographs
Lot 20 – Aunt Mimi’s autograph
Lot 21 – Book signed by Allan Williams and Bob Wooler
Lot 25 – Pair of Beatles Washington Pottery plates
Lot 32 – Wings postcard signed by Paul
Lots 36 – 38 – Mersey Beat newspapers with colour Beatles covers
Lot 49 – 1966/67 Cavern Club Membership card
Lot 50 – 1970/71 Cavern Club Membership card
Lot 51 – Help! Film promotional postcard
Lot 57 – Joe Brown Ticket from Southport signed by Paul and John
Lot 59 – Christmas card to Freda Kelly featuring a set of Neil Aspinall Beatles autographs
Lots 61 – 71 - Photographs from Freda Kelly’s collection
Lots 73 – 75 - Promotional posters for Beatles albums
Lot 83 – Silverstone Programme signed by George Harrison
Lots 136 & 137 – Mathew Street and Forthlin Road street signs
Lot 138 – Ringo or Robin Goofy mirror
Lot 139 – Ringo or Robin Apple mirror
Lot 142 – Blackbird Singing signed by Paul
Lot 143 – Two handwritten pages by Bob Wooler about the Cavern Club
Lot 144 – Two typed pages by Bob Wooler
Lot 146 – Invoice to Jacaranda for Mersey Beat newspapers
Lots 149 – 151 Ringo Starr film posters
Lot 152 – George autograph on the reverse of Brel postcard
Lot 154 – Paul signature with face doodle
Lot 169 – Letter from Aunt Mimi
Lot 175 – Beatles mug with Vogue Tams stamp
Lot 180 – Set of Beatles autographs with message about Aunt Mimi’s cats
Lot 189 – Ringo Starr and Pete Best autographs
Lot 192 – Iron Door Club newsletter
Lot 208 – Bill Haley ticket for Cavern Club
Lot 220 – Rare ticket for Beatles final performance at Cavern Club
Lot 222 – Paul and Linda’s autographs on a cigarette packet
Lot 229 – Piece of John’s shirt
Lot 256 – Cavern Christmas card and prototype
Lot 269 – Harold Harrison autograph on ticket to fete opened by Louise Harrison
Lot 279 – Demonstration record for Please Please Me single
Lot 281 – Photographs taken from TV of John on Juke Box Jury
Lot 283 – Letter from Freda Kelly, fan club secretary
Lot 293 – Ringo or Robin stickers
Lot 310 – 1960s Paul signature from Rhyl on cigarette packet
Lot 318 – Jerry Lee Lewis ticket for Tower Ballroom
Wednesday, 1 August 2012
2012 Liverpool Beatles Auction Catalogue now available to download.
We've updated the information previously available on this page, please click here for the updated version.
Monday, 9 July 2012
Important Information about absentee bidding.
We are getting several enquires about placing absentee (or proxy) bids on items in this year's auction so this is just to clarify a few points at this stage.
We cannot take any bids at the moment. This is because the items are not catalogued yet. Once we know what lot numbers items are going to be we can start taking absentee bids on them. This is to keep the paperwork in order. If you email us with bids before then we won't have the system in place to make sure your bid is with the correct item. The items are being are currently being sorted into lot order, this does takes time as we have a lot of items in the auction this year.
As soon as the catalogue is ready there will be details on this page as to how to get a copy, as well as being available to download in pdf format. You can bookmark this page and check back, add the feed to your feed reader to get alerts when there are new posts, or keep an eye on our facebook profile or twitter page for updates.
Further details about absentee bidding can be found in our FAQ section (see link at the top of the page)
And please refer to our Buyer notes regarding buyer's premiums etc... (also via the link at the top of the page)
Please note - We cannot offer any "live" absentee bidding via the internet or telephone. We do not have the resources to do this. You are free to make your own arrangements for live absentee bidding, however this is entirely at your own risk and we are not responsible for any failures in these arrangements.
We cannot take any bids at the moment. This is because the items are not catalogued yet. Once we know what lot numbers items are going to be we can start taking absentee bids on them. This is to keep the paperwork in order. If you email us with bids before then we won't have the system in place to make sure your bid is with the correct item. The items are being are currently being sorted into lot order, this does takes time as we have a lot of items in the auction this year.
As soon as the catalogue is ready there will be details on this page as to how to get a copy, as well as being available to download in pdf format. You can bookmark this page and check back, add the feed to your feed reader to get alerts when there are new posts, or keep an eye on our facebook profile or twitter page for updates.
Further details about absentee bidding can be found in our FAQ section (see link at the top of the page)
And please refer to our Buyer notes regarding buyer's premiums etc... (also via the link at the top of the page)
Please note - We cannot offer any "live" absentee bidding via the internet or telephone. We do not have the resources to do this. You are free to make your own arrangements for live absentee bidding, however this is entirely at your own risk and we are not responsible for any failures in these arrangements.
Wednesday, 4 July 2012
Rare Beatles Demo Single for Please Please Me
Please Please Me was The Beatles second single and the first to break into the Top Ten.
This is an A Label Parlophone demonstration disc for that single.
They were sent out to radio stations and disc jockeys to help to promote the single.
This rare Beatles record is up for sale in our Annual Liverpool Beatles Auction held at The Paul McCartney Auditorium at The Liverpool Institute for the Performing Arts. It is expected to sell for between £1500-£1750.
Further details about the auction are available from the The Beatles Shop, please see the Contact page on this site for details of how to get in touch.
Please note – We are not taking any more items into the 2012. Space is limited each year and we already have our full quota of items.
A ticket to a church fete
Even Beatle parents were minor celebrities in the 60s. Here’s a ticket to a church fete that was to be opened by Louise Harrison, George’s mum, in 1964.
On the reverse the ticket has been signed by Harold Harrison, George’s Dad.
This item is up for sale in our Liverpool Beatles Auction this August and has an estimate of £60-£80
Tuesday, 26 June 2012
Rare Ticket For The Beatles Last Cavern Gig.
On 3rd August 1963 the Beatles took their final bow on the stage at The Cavern Club. The tickets for the show sold out within about half an hour of going on sale. (Tickets were only available to Cavern Club membership card holders.)
On the night the tickets were taken from those attending as they went in. Not many were able to retain their tickets.
Forty-nine years and twenty-two days on from that show we will be auctioning a very rare ticket for that final performance.
The estimate for this ticket is £5000-£6000
This concert wasn’t without incident. The Mersey Beats, who were also on the bill recall that they had told the Beatles to be careful they didn’t slip on stage as the heat from the audience in the poorly ventilated venue was causing condensation on the walls and every where was wet. All the dampness caused the electricity to fuse and the lights went off while the Beatles were on stage. Billy Kinsley (in his biography by Spencer Leigh) recalls that during the power outage Paul and John started to sing “When I’m 64” – a song that would not be released on a Beatles record till 1967 and the Sgt Pepper album!
Mark Lewisohn’s book The Beatles Complete Chronicle says that Bob Wooler remembered that on the night Brian Epstein promised that the Beatles would return one day, but they would never play the venue again.
About a dozen fans camped out over night to be sure of getting a good position inside the club to watch the show. In the early hours of the morning a car pulled up near by and Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr got out, chatted to those waiting for a while and signed autographs. The copy of the first issue of Beatles Monthly pictured below was signed at that time for someone who was waiting out in that queue. This is also being sold in the Annual Liverpool Beatles Auction this August.
The estimate for the autographed magazine above is £500-£600.
This will be the 22nd Annual Liverpool Beatles Auction organised by The Beatles Shop on Mathew Street.
The auction will be held on 25th August 2012 at The Paul McCartney Auditorium at The Liverpool Institute for the Performing Arts starting at 10.30am.
A viewing day will be held the day before in the same venue from 11am to 4pm.
This year’s auction is now full, but we will start taking items for our 2013 event from January next year.
Auction catalogues will be available about two weeks before the event. (Please check back here for details nearer the time)
Further information on the above and all items in this year’s auction is available from the Beatles Shop manager Stephen Bailey, on 0151 236 8066 or via email auction@thebeatleshop.co.uk
Better images of most lots can be provided to press on request.
Thursday, 21 June 2012
George Autograph
This lovely George Harrison autograph is on the reverse of a Brel postcard of the Beatles. It dates from the summer of 1963 when the Beatles were on tour with Tommy Quickly and Gerry & The Pacemakers (the other signatures include Les and Freddie from the Pacemakers and Tommy Quickly)
This item has an estimate of £650-£700 and will be up for sale in our 2012 Liverpool Beatles auction in August. Click here for details of this year’s event.
A Trio of Promo Posters
These large promotional posts all date from the early 70s.
This one is from 1970 and features the Let It Be box set.
This one is very similar to the one above but dates from 1973 as it features the “red” and “blue” albums.
And finally this one is to advertise the “red” and “blue” compilations release in 1973.
These posters carry an estimate of £100-£140 each and will be sold in our 2012 Beatles Auction in August. Click here for details
In The Hand of Bob
For the grand reopening of the Cavern Club in July 1966 the legendary club DJ Bob Wooler was called upon to write a little something about the club for the official programme of the event.
These two handwritten A4 sheets contain the results of that request.
It was edited a little before it was printed in the programme. These small slice of Cavern history is being sold (along with a copy of the Cavern Reopening Programme) in the 2012 Liverpool Beatles Auction. The estimate for this lot is £700-£800.
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