175 piece Beatles collection up for auction, including Paul McCartney’s schoolbook
A new collection of Beatles memorabillia and artifacts described as ‘the finest in our time’ is set to go up for auction at the end of March.
The collection of 175 items includes a schoolbook used and owned by Paul McCartney and a Love Me Do Demo with a ‘McArtney’ misspelling. It also features John Lennon’s bank files with five signatures, and a signed copy of Please Please Me.
Hosts Omega said: “This Beatles sale is, in our opinion, truly the finest we’ve offered in our time.”
John Lennon’s bank files are expected to sell for a whopping £60,000 and the signed copy of Please Please Me is expected to sell for £12,000.
The book was used for Paul McCartney's geography work and there are approx 66 sides of writing in the book mostly concerning Scandinavia. Also with a further sketch to inner of the back cover. McCartney would take (and fail) an 'O-Level' course in geography.
Book measures approx 16 x 20cm. Some evidence of staining / water damage to cover, light foxing to some pages, a tear on front cover approx 3cm. Provenance: from the collection of a former Liverpool Institute pupil who attended at the same time as Paul McCartney / George Harrison.
The auction will be hosted online on March 28 at 10:00, and items can be viewed by appointent on March 27
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