An original poster for The Beatles when they played at the Royal Hall in Harrogate has fetched £3,000 at auction.
The Fab Four performed their only Harrogate gig on March 8, 1963 — just as they were on the cusp of superstardom.
They were supported by two local Harrogate bands, The Apaches and The Mustangs.
One of the members of The Apaches kept this poster, and it was purchased in the 1980s by the vendor from a picture framer in Harrogate.
It sold for £3,000 at Tennants Auctioneers’ toys, models and collectables sale on Friday last week (December 8).
A copy of The Beatles White Album, autographed by Paul McCartney, also sold for £1,800.
The album was purchased by the vendor in 1968 from Wilson’s in Norwich, but he was able to get it signed by his musical hero in 2001 visited the University of East Anglia where he worked.
Tennants Auctioneers, in Leyburn, North Yorkshire, holds over 80 sales a year.
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Rare Beatles Royal Hall poster fetches almost £3,000
A rare original poster from The Beatles’ famous 1963 concert at Harrogate’s Royal Hall has fetched £2,800 at an antiques auction.
The poster was given to the seller in the early 1980s as a gift by a colleague who had worked at the Royal Hall in the 1960s.
The concert on March 8 was during the height of Beatlemania and was the group’s first and only Harrogate gig. It has since become part of Harrogate folklore.
The poster was sold at Ryedale Auctioneers in Kirkbymoorside last week with fierce interest from bidders.
Auctioneer Angus Ashworth said:
“The provenance was good, and the poster was in good condition commensurate with its age. We knew there would be plenty of interest, and bidding was fierce.”
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Last month the Stray Ferret visited the Royal Hall’s archives to look at a collection of bill posters from the 20th century.
Since opening as The Kursaal in 1903 it has welcomed some of the biggest names in entertainment, including The Beatles, Louis Armstrong and Little Richard.
Other huge names of the 20th century such as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Sir Ernest Shackleton also visited to perform lectures in Harrogate.