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^ The gnome sold for £29,000 (about $43901.65).
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The album cover was the brainchild of artists Peter Blake and Jann Haworth and photographer Michael Cooper, who constructed and shot it it on March 30, 1967.
The album cover ended up being so extravagant that the final cost of producing the artwork was £3,000 – a whopping £50,000 in today’s money.
Following the shoot Mr Cooper’s photography assistant was given the 20-inch tall cardboard gnome as a souvenir by The Beatles, who each signed it.
Experts at Heritage Auctions in Dallas, Texas, had given the gnome a pre-sale estimate of $25,000 – around £17,000 – but it ended up going to an unnamed buyer for $42,500 – or £29,000.
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Oh god the pun in that article “she’s leaving gnome”. I guess it sold more because the signatures were real this time?
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Offline Ringo Starr’s jacket from The Beatles’ ‘Help!’ film up for sale at auction
…Starr’s double-breasted black woolen jacket from the picture is going on sale at Boston-based auction house RR Auctions.
The jacket will go on sale later this month, with the auction running from July 16 to July 23. No estimate has been given for the item’s value.
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Offline Nice…thanks for the heads up!
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Offline If you’re needing a record player…
Ringo’s old one is going up for auction.
http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk…..er-9769315
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Offline The Beatles 6-page 1960 German recording contract for the sessions thaat resulted in ‘My Bonnie ‘ etc is going up for auction on the 19th September 2015 at Heritage Auctions with an estimate of $150,000 report CTV News.
Other highlights and their pre-sale estimates include:
— A 1962 autographed copy of “Love Me Do ,” the first single recorded with Ringo. $10,000.
— A 1960 postcard Ringo sent to his grandmother from Hamburg. $4,000.
— A Swiss restaurant menu card signed by the Beatles while they were filming “HELP” in 1965. $12,000.
— A set of four psychedelic posters by Richard Avedon commissioned by the German magazine Stern in 1966. Estimate: $5,000.
The auction comes on the 55th anniversary of the Beatles’ first trip to Hamburg and 50 years after the Fab Four’s record-breaking performance at Shea Stadium in Queens, New York.
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Offline The Liverpool Echo has compiled a list comprising ‘50 unusual things to bid on at the Beatles’ Auction‘ which is being held at LIPA (Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts) this coming Saturday, 29th August.
All you George lovers take note
29. Some of George Harrison ’s hair as given by Freda Kelly, Beatles fan club secretary. £300-£350
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Offline I wonder if there is a way to bid online.
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Offline You buying George’s hair @Ahhh Girl?
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Offline Probably not. I do see some other interesting things there.
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Whyever not? You oughtn’t pass up the chance. George has fab hair.
…Though it looks better still attached. 
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http://www.juliensauctions.com…..index.html
Join Julien’s Auctions for a once-in-a-lifetime auction, curated by Ringo and Barbara, featuring items from their London estate, and Beverly Hills and Monaco residences. The couple met in 1980 on the movie set of Caveman, and have enjoyed an enduring love ever since. The auction celebrates their lives together and consists of musical instruments including drums and guitars, career memorabilia from the Beatles era and Ringo’s solo career including his All-Starr Band, fine antiques and custom-made eclectic furnishings, as well as fine art and personal items.
Highlights from this historic auction include seven of Starr’s stage and studio used drum kits: Starr’s first Ludwig Oyster Black Pearl drum kit used to record some of The Beatles biggest early hits and used by Paul McCartney on his album McCartney; the custom built Jumbo Silver Sparkle kit used in the “Hello, Goodbye ” film from 1967; the Ludwig Silver Sparkle kit used on Starr’s inaugural Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band tour; a kit of toms commissioned for Starr by George Harrison ; among others. Also included are instruments gifted to Starr by bandmates and friends: a George Harrison Gretsch guitar, John Lennon ’s “Beatle Backer,” and a Gibson Les Paul from Marc Bolan.
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Offline Why is he selling everything? I understand clothes and stuff like that because you’ll never wear them again but he is selling A LOT of personal, once-in-a-lifetime stuff.
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Offline Maybe he feels its better it goes to someone who will treasure it more.
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Offline The NBC website has article on the Ringo sale, with comments from him and Barbara.
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http://www.juliensauctions.com…..index.htmlJoin Julien’s Auctions for a once-in-a-lifetime auction, curated by Ringo and Barbara, featuring items from their London estate, and Beverly Hills and Monaco residences. The couple met in 1980 on the movie set of Caveman, and have enjoyed an enduring love ever since. The auction celebrates their lives together and consists of musical instruments including drums and guitars, career memorabilia from the Beatles era and Ringo’s solo career including his All-Starr Band, fine antiques and custom-made eclectic furnishings, as well as fine art and personal items.
Highlights from this historic auction include seven of Starr’s stage and studio used drum kits: Starr’s first Ludwig Oyster Black Pearl drum kit used to record some of The Beatles biggest early hits and used by Paul McCartney on his album McCartney; the custom built Jumbo Silver Sparkle kit used in the “Hello, Goodbye ” film from 1967; the Ludwig Silver Sparkle kit used on Starr’s inaugural Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band tour; a kit of toms commissioned for Starr by George Harrison ; among others. Also included are instruments gifted to Starr by bandmates and friends: a George Harrison Gretsch guitar, John Lennon ’s “Beatle Backer,” and a Gibson Les Paul from Marc Bolan.
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I’ve been having palpitations all day. Can’t believe he’s letting his first Ludwig kit go.
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Offline What really surprised me when I read the article is that he’s selling his copy of the White Album numbered 1!!! That, I predict, could be about to become the most valuable record of all time, maybe a few acetates might retain a higher value.
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Offline He’s clearly having a big old life-laundry moment, and is offloading a lot of property and possessions that he no longer needs or wants. I hope he offered them in the first instance to Abbey Road Studios or the Beatles Story museum in Liverpool, because either of those places would have given them the care and attention they deserve. The alternative seems to be that all those Beatles treasures get dispersed around the world and end up in private collections, possibly never to be seen again.
(Of course I’m just jealous that I haven’t got the money to buy them all for my own personal private collection! 
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Apple really should open an official Beatles museum. They must have so much stuff, whether in the private Lennon/McCartney/Harrison/Starr estates, or in their own archives. It’s crazy to keep it all locked away gathering dust.
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The Beatles 6-page 1960 German recording contract for the sessions thaat resulted in ‘My Bonnie ‘ etc is going up for auction on the 19th September 2015 at Heritage Auctions with an estimate of $150,000 report CTV News.Other highlights and their pre-sale estimates include:
— A 1962 autographed copy of “Love Me Do ,” the first single recorded with Ringo. $10,000.
— A 1960 postcard Ringo sent to his grandmother from Hamburg. $4,000.
— A Swiss restaurant menu card signed by the Beatles while they were filming “HELP” in 1965. $12,000.
— A set of four psychedelic posters by Richard Avedon commissioned by the German magazine Stern in 1966. Estimate: $5,000.
The auction comes on the 55th anniversary of the Beatles’ first trip to Hamburg and 50 years after the Fab Four’s record-breaking performance at Shea Stadium in Queens, New York.
The 1961 contract has sold for $93,750 to an anonymous buyer reports Examiner.
Other items from the Blaschke collection featured in the sale included an autographed first pressing of the Beatles’ first single “Love Me Do ”/“P.S. I Love You.” It also proved a big seller. It was estimated to sell for $10,000, but went for $25,000. A letter from Beatles manager Brian Epstein about a possible appearance by the Beatles in Hamburg, Germany sold for $5,562. A handwritten letter by Ringo Starr sent from Hamburg to his grandmother and signed “Richy” sold for $4,250.
Also in the sale was a scrapbook put together by a Liverpool Beatles fan that sold for $7,097. A photograph of the Beatles in Hamburg autographed by photographer Astrid Kirchherr brought $4,750.
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For the serious collector/entrepreneur.
John Lennon’s childhood library up for auction
Woolton Library, once popular with John Lennon , is to go up for auction at the end of the month.
The building, which Lennon regularly visited during his childhood, was closed down in 2013 in a bid to cut costs.
Liverpool city council claimed that the cost of repairing the Grade II listed building would be too high and that it didn’t have adequate disabled access.
A campaign to save the library was launched, but ultimately could not halt the closure – despite a petition receiving more than 5,000 signatures.
Now, the council has made the decision to sell the building at auction, with a guide price of £150,000.
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The sale will be made on the condition that the building is only used for a public service such as a crèche, day nursery, education centre, museum or an art gallery.
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