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A vintage bass drumhead with The Beatles' logo
that was used during the English band's first North American
tour in 1964 was another top item, selling for $200,000.
The items were among more than 250 items of Beatles memorabilia
offered in an online auction by Julien's Auctions to mark the
50th anniversary of the band's breakup.
A drawing by John Lennon and wife Yoko Ono called Bagism, a term
they coined to satirize stereotyping, sold for $93,750, while an
ashtray used by the Fab Four's drummer Ringo Starr at the Abbey
Road recording studios in London fetched $32,500.
The wooden stage of the small Liverpool venue where the band
performed before they rocketed to fame went for $25,600.
Before the sale, Julien's Auctions music specialist Jason
Watkins had described McCartney's hastily scribbled notes for a
1968 studio recording of "Hey Jude" as very rare and valuable.
"It's obviously a very iconic song that everyone's familiar
with," said Watkins. "These handwritten lyrics were used in the
studio as a guide when they were recording it."
The sale had been due to take place online and at the Hard Rock
Cafe in Times Square, New York, but it was made online-only due
to the coronavirus pandemic, the auction house said.
(Reporting by Sheila Dang; Editing by Daniel Wallis)
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