The following article is provided by Rolling Stone.
By Miriam Coleman
A tie that once belonged to John Lennon sold for £3,627 (around $5,600) at an auction in Liverpool this weekend. The Liverpool Echo reports that Lennon had given the black knitted tie in 1962 to a young fan who regularly attended the Beatles' lunchtime sessions at the city's legendary Cavern Club.
Link: Rolling Stone’s List of the 100 Greatest Singers Of All Time: John Lennon
"The Beatles were recording some numbers and I was sitting on the edge of the stage holding the microphone stand," said Joyce McWilliams, who was 15 years old at the time. "It was very hot in the club and John asked me to lend him a handkerchief to mop his brow with. He handed it back to me, and loosened his tie when I said: 'I thought you were going to give me your tie,' and he just handed it to me.
By Miriam Coleman
A tie that once belonged to John Lennon sold for £3,627 (around $5,600) at an auction in Liverpool this weekend. The Liverpool Echo reports that Lennon had given the black knitted tie in 1962 to a young fan who regularly attended the Beatles' lunchtime sessions at the city's legendary Cavern Club.
Link: Rolling Stone’s List of the 100 Greatest Singers Of All Time: John Lennon
"The Beatles were recording some numbers and I was sitting on the edge of the stage holding the microphone stand," said Joyce McWilliams, who was 15 years old at the time. "It was very hot in the club and John asked me to lend him a handkerchief to mop his brow with. He handed it back to me, and loosened his tie when I said: 'I thought you were going to give me your tie,' and he just handed it to me.
- 8/26/2013
- Huffington Post
The following article is provided by Rolling Stone.
By Miriam Coleman
A signed copy of the Beatles' album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band sold at auction for $290,500 on Saturday. The final sale price far exceeded the $30,000 originally estimated for the item and broke the previous record for similar sales.
Related: John Lennon Letter to Paul and Linda McCartney Going Up for Auction
The U.K. Parlophone copy of the album, with high gloss cover and gatefold, was autographed by all four Beatles in 1967, the year the album was issued. Bidding on the album began at $15,000. Early bidding had already pushed the price past $110,000 a week before the auction date, and the number just kept climbing. Gary Shrum, consignment director of Dallas-based Heritage Auctions, which ran the sale, said that the bidding had "taken on a life of its own," perhaps because of the particularly high quality of the autograph.
By Miriam Coleman
A signed copy of the Beatles' album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band sold at auction for $290,500 on Saturday. The final sale price far exceeded the $30,000 originally estimated for the item and broke the previous record for similar sales.
Related: John Lennon Letter to Paul and Linda McCartney Going Up for Auction
The U.K. Parlophone copy of the album, with high gloss cover and gatefold, was autographed by all four Beatles in 1967, the year the album was issued. Bidding on the album began at $15,000. Early bidding had already pushed the price past $110,000 a week before the auction date, and the number just kept climbing. Gary Shrum, consignment director of Dallas-based Heritage Auctions, which ran the sale, said that the bidding had "taken on a life of its own," perhaps because of the particularly high quality of the autograph.
- 4/2/2013
- Huffington Post
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