www.prweb.com

Please Please Me - 50th Anniversary Beatles Auction

News Source: Omega Auctions; 22nd March 2013 marks the 50th anniversary of the release of The Beatles first album “Please Please Me” and to celebrate the occasion over 250 lots of rare vinyl, photographs and memorabilia will go up under the hammer in Stockport. The auction will be broadcast live over the internet is expected to realise in excess of £100,000.

Stockport, Cheshire (PRWEB UK) 15 March 2013

The 22nd March 2013 marks the 50th anniversary of the release of The Beatles first album “Please Please Me” and to celebrate the occasion over 250 lots of rare Beatles Memorabilia will go up for sale through specialist Rock & Pop Auctioneers, Omega Auctions. Amongst the star lots are a collection of incredibly rare photographs from their iconic performance at Shea Stadium in 1965 and a further collection of colour photographs taken in 1964 with both collections expected to sell for in excess of £15,000. Other rarities include a copy of the iconic album Please Please Me in stereo and on the black and gold label, estimated to bring around £5,000 and coming from the Mold Assembly Hall in Wales is a complete one off handmade poster advertising their performance at the hall on Thursday 24th Jan 1963.which hung on the wall of the Mold Cooperative Building until relatively recently and is estimated to sell for up to £5,000.

With sets of Beatles autographs’ being highly sought after by collectors, the sale features seven complete sets with one of them being a signed caricature of the Beatles by reknowned Australian caricature artist Tony Rafty, which was drawn and signed in 1964 when the fab four toured Australia and is being sold with copyright. An extremely early and very nearly complete set of Beatles autographs signed on the back of a ticket for their gig on the 10th Feb 1962 (same day apparently that they were rejected by Decca!) at St. Paul`s Presbyterian Church Youth Club Hall in Tranmere, Birkenhead is expected to sell for around £2,000 – it is missing a part of the ticket and Paul McCartneys signature as it was torn off by the seller to give to her friend who was a big fan of McCartney. Auctioneer Paul Fairweather states “if the ticket and signatures had been complete it would have worth double but the fact that it is such an early ticket and is signed, it will still receive a lot of interest.”

The auction, which will be broadcast live over the internet is set to attract Beatles fans worldwide and is expected to realise in excess of £100,000. Fairweather states “we are looking forward to a fabulous sale and whilst there are many items expected to achieve four figures or more, we have tried to ensure that there is something to suit all budgets”.

The auction is to be held at 3.00pm on Friday 22nd March in Stockport. More information and a link to the catalogue is available via the website.

The Beatles Collection

Auction: Friday 22nd March 2013 - starts 3.00pm

Venue: Meadow Mill, Water St, Stockport, SK1 2BX

Viewing: Thursday 21st March 10.00am - 6.00pm

and Friday 22nd March 10.00am - 3.00pm

Auction Highlights...

Lot 294: 61 images from Shea Stadium 1965 performance (with copyright) Estimate £15,000 - £20,000	Lot 218: Stereo black & gold Please Please Me coupled with a great set of autographs on a magazine page Estimate £7,000 - £8,000
Lot 250: original Beatles caricature with signatures (with copyright) by Tony Rafty" Estimate £6,000 - £8,000	Collection of 64 colour slides from August 1964 by Dr Robert Beck (with copyright) Estimate £10,000 - £15,000 for the collection (20 lots)
Lot 144: Signed copy of black/gold Please Please Me Estimate £3,000 - £5,000	Lot 170: Set of Autographs on front/reverse of publicity photo - 7 signatures into total Estimate £4,000 - £5,000
Lot 180: Set of Autographs Estimate £3,000 - £4,000	Lot 225: Stuart Sutcliffe Self Portrait next to Paul McCartney Estimate £3,000 - £4,000
Lot 246: Set of autographs on reverse of a dinner menu Estimate £3,000 - 4,000	Lot 285: 28 b/w negatives from 1965 performance at Teatro Adriano, Rome (with copyright) Estimate £2,500 - £3,000