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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Harrogate auction house sees 50 year old bottle of whisky fetch £12,000
The next time someone at work gifts you a bottle of whisky, you might want to think twice before you open it.
A bottle of whisky that was consigned to Tennants Auctioneers in Harrogate has fetched £12,000 hammer price at auction.
The seller had been given it by a colleague a number a years ago and hadn’t realised how much it had appreciated in value.
The bottle was a Macallan 1940, 50 Year Old Single Speyside Malt Scotch Whisky — one of the most collectable whiskies which has dramatically increased in value over the last 20 years.
The whisky was distilled on January 1 1940 and laid down by Macallan for 30 years, before the cask was bought by independent bottlers Gordon and Macphail.
They moved the cask to their warehouses in Elgin where it remained maturing for another 20 years before being bottled. It formed part of Gordon and Macphail’s Speymalt range and was sold with its original presentation case and certificate.
Macallan still continues to dominate the whisky market at auction.
The bottle was sold at Tennants’ fine wine and whisky sale at its auction house in Leyburn, North Yorkshire, on Friday.
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England 1966 World Cup memorabilia sells for £445,000 at North Yorkshire auction
A North Yorkshire auctioneers with offices in Harrogate sold a 1966 World Cup winner’s medal, shirt and squad cap today for a combined hammer price of £445,000.
The items originally belonged to Alan Ball, who at just 21 years old was the youngest and least experienced member of the legendary 1966 World Cup winning England team.
His medal sold for £200,000 hammer, his red number 7 shirt fetched £130,000 and his cap sold for £115,000 at Tennants Auctioneers’ toys and models, sporting and fishing sale in Leyburn.
Lancashire-born midfielder Alan Ball played for Blackpool, Everton, Arsenal and Southampton, and won 72 caps for England. He went on to manage several clubs, including Manchester City and Southampton. He died in 2007.
Alan Ball’s 1966 World Cup winner’s medal.
Alan Ball’s shirt sold for £130,000
His cap fetched £115,000
Ball sold his medal and cap at auction in 2005, when they were purchased by the owner of Bolton Wanderers, businessman and philanthropist Edwin ‘Eddie’ Davies (1946-2018).
From the same estate came a Pele match-worn Brazil shirt, worn during the first half of the famous Brazil v England 1970 World Cup match, which sold for £33,000.
Tennants Auctioneers’ sporting specialist, Kegan Harrison, said:
“We are absolutely delighted to have achieved such fantastic results for the vendor, who has had a long-standing relationship with Tennants.
“The 1966 World Cup victory will always be a golden moment in English sporting history, and we have been honoured to have handled the sale of these extraordinary items. It has been 56 years since that incredible match, but it is still very close to the hearts of all football fans.”
Tennants Auctioneers is based at Leyburn, North Yorkshire and has an office on Montpellier Road in Harrogate, as well as in London.
First edition Harry Potter worth thousands found in donated bag of books at Harrogate charity shopA Harry Potter book is set to fetch thousands at auction after it was found in a carrier bag of children’s books at a Harrogate charity shop.
The rare first edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone was donated to the Oxfam bookshop on Oxford Street this summer.
The shop’s manager, James Smith, said they received a number of Harry Potter books every week.
However, he had a feeling this one was different.
He said:
“It just came in a carrier bag of kids books. It’s in good condition, but it’s not shiny and new.
“A child has clearly read it and enjoyed it and then perhaps grown up and left home and told their parents to donate it to a charity shop without realising its value.”
Working his way through a ‘checklist’ of identifying features that mark it out as a first edition, Mr Smith said he was shaking when he was able to tick them all off.
The main characteristics of a 1997 first edition first issue are a print line that reads 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 and the crediting of “Joanne Rowling”, not JK.
Mr Smith added:
“On the back of the book the word ‘philosopher’s’ is misspelled in the title.
“On page 53 there is a list of school supplies Harry needs for Hogwarts. The item ‘1 wand’ is listed twice by mistake.
“When you open the first page, usually the Hogwarts crest is there. This one didn’t have it. That is what made me realise there is something different about this one. This is when you have to have eyes in the back of your head. We are always looking as we regularly get amazing things donated in Harrogate.
“When I opened the next page and saw the print line, I thought ‘oh my goodness we’ve got one’. It makes me quiver, just thinking about it.
“When I started looking at prices, there are some going for £10,000.”
The book is waiting to be catalogued at Tennants auctioneers, in Leyburn.
It has yet to be valued, but it has been given an estimation of around £3,000. It is expected to go under the hammer in November.
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Harrogate artist sells paintings to help Yemen
Local painter Clive Wilson is selling 10 of his paintings to raise money to help children affected by the civil war in Yemen.
Mr Wilson paints impressionistic and dreamy landscapes. Most of his paintings show the Northumberland coast, where he has a holiday cottage. Although he was born and grew up in Leeds, he has lived in Harrogate for 32 years.
He began painting as a teenager, when he would make pocket money by painting shop signs. Now he works as a life coach and environmental consultant.
He has written two books on business performance and sustainable development, and is also chair of the Harrogate branch of the United Nations Association, an organisation dedicated to promoting the work of the UN.
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The Yemen conflict has become the biggest humanitarian disaster in the world, leaving more than 12.4 million children in need of assistance. All proceeds from sales of Mr Wilson’s paintings, which cost from £40 to £110, will go towards Save the Children’s Yemen Appeal.
The paintings can be seen in the cafe of the garden rooms at auctioneers Tennants in Leyburn, which is open for takeaway. Alternatively paintings can be viewed and bought on the auctioneer’s website.
Mr Wilson also has a JustGiving page for those who wish to make a donation to the Save the Children appeal.