BEATLES MEMORABILIA AUCTION IN LIVERPOOL

Opportunity knocks for Beatles fans at auction

Fab Four door goes under the hammer at Beatles memorabilia auction in Liverpool

The former home of the McCartney family in Forthlin Road, Liverpool

Beatles fans could soon be  knocking on the door of Paul  McCartney’s childhood home when it  goes under the hammer.

The unusual piece of memorabilia,  taken from 20 Forthlin Road in  Liverpool, is expected to fetch about  £8,500  at auction.

Unpublished  photographs of The  Beatles at the famous Cavern Club, a  ticket for the staff dance at Lewis’s in  Liverpool and a handbill for Heswall  Jazz Club are also for sale.

Unseen photograph of the Beatles in the Cavern Club, signed on the reverse by Paul, Ringo and George, with Paul signing for John. Item going under the hammer in the Beatles Liverpool Auction on August 24, 2013 at LIPA

 

Also on offer is a  handwritten  letter from John Lennon, a  thank you card from George  Harrison and an original  section of stage from the  Cavern Club.

They join two books  signed by John Lennon  while at Quarry Bank  School, which could each  bring in about £2,750.

Early inquiries about  this year’s auction, which  will be held at the Liverpool  Institute For Performing  Arts (LIPA), have come from  America, Japan, Australia, South  Africa  and across Europe.

Despite it being the 22nd annual  Beatles memorabilia auction,  organiser  Stephen Bailey was  surprised by the number of very rare  items for sale.

Beatles handbill for Heswall Jazz Club "All Star Bill" March 24, 1962, Item going under the hammer in the Beatles Liverpool Auction on August 24, 2013 at LIPA

 

Stephen, who is the manager of  The Beatles Shop in Mathew Street,   said: “I just cannot believe it.  Every year we think that the  quality and number of rare  items offered for auction  must decrease and we are  always proved wrong.

“It is amazing  – people  just keep coming into the  shop month after month  with the most unusual  rare items.

“This year we had  someone walk in with two  previously unseen photos of  the Beatles from the Cavern  Club.

A rare Beatles ticket for the staff dance at Lewis's in Liverpool at the 527 Club. Item going under the hammer in the Beatles Liverpool Auction on August 24, 2013 at LIPA

 

“There is a very rare ticket for the  staff dance at Lewis’s at the 527 Club  on November 28, 1962, which has an  estimate of £2,250 to £2,500.  A contract  for The Beatles to play that show went  for $18,750 in  America.”

The most expensive  lot is expected to be the  front door from the  former McCartney  home.

Front door of 20 Forthlin Road, Liverpool, the former home of the McCartney family. Item going under the hammer in the Beatles Liverpool Auction on August 24, 2013 at LIPA.

 

It  comes with a letter  from Sheila Jones who  lived in the house after  the McCartneys moved  out and had the door  replaced in the late  1970s.

The auction at  10.30am on August 24 is  timed to coincide with  The Beatles Worldwide  Convention in  Liverpool.