Money can buy you early Beatles stage at New York auction
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[March 07, 2020]
(Reuters) - The wooden stage of the
small Liverpool venue where the Beatles performed before they rocketed
to fame is going up for auction, along with Paul McCartney's hastily
scribbled notes for a studio recording of the hit song "Hey Jude."
The stage and the lyrics are among 300 items of Beatles memorabilia
being sold in New York on April 10, including an annotated shooting
script of the band's 1967 "Hello, Goodbye" music video and an ashtray
used by Ringo Starr at the Abbey Road recording studios in London,
Julien's Auctions said on Friday.
The stage was removed from Lathom Hall in the Beatles' British home town
of Liverpool, where the band gave its first advertised performance in
May 1960 as the Silver Beatles. As the Beatles, but without Starr on
drums, the band played there 10 more times until February 1961 - more
than a year before the release of debut single, "Love Me Do."
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It is expected to sell for $10,000 to $20,000.
"The stage is a unique piece to come to market," said Jason Watkins,
music specialist at Julien's Auctions. "There's not a ton of market
history for something quite like this. So it'll be interesting to see
where the price goes."
A sheet of paper with partial "Hey Jude" lyrics, written by McCartney
for a recording session in 1968, has an asking price of up to $180,000.
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A wooden stage from the Liverpool venue where the Beatles performed
before they became famous is displayed in a Julien's Auctions
warehouse in Torrence, California, U.S. March 5, 2020, with a pair
of pants worn by John Lennon, a guitar played by Paul McCartney and
a bass drumhead printed with The Beatles' logo. REUTERS/Jane Ross
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"The 'Hey Jude' lyrics are a very rare, valuable special piece. It's
obviously a very iconic song that everyone's familiar with. These
handwritten lyrics were used in the studio as a guide when they were
recording it," said Watkins.
Other highlights include John Lennon and wife Yoko Ono's drawing of
Bagism, a term the couple created to satirize stereotyping, that was
featured in their 1969 "Bed Peace" documentary, which has a
pre-auction estimate of $80,000 to $100,000.
The auction will take place online and at the Hard Rock Cafe in
Times Square, New York.
(Reporting by Jane Ross and Jill Serjeant; Editing by Christopher
Cushing)
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