A Wall the Beatles Signed After 'The Ed Sullivan Show' Could Fetch up to $1 Million at Auction
A trove of memorabilia once owned by England’s Fab Four is up for auction.
New Jersey-based company Gotta Have Rock and Roll began taking bids for the Rock & Roll Americana Auction on August 30, with an impressive 119 items relating to the Beatles on offer, alongside pieces with ties to Jimi Hendrix, Pink Floyd, and Michael Jackson.
The highlight is one photo-matched rarity that was signed by all four Beatles in 1964. Following their first American television appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show that year, the bandmates pinned their names on a large moveable wall that was used as a backdrop. Stagehand Jerry Gort asked them to sign it and claims that John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and George Harrison were the first to inscribe the piece. Ringo was last to sign, having to be picked up by the waist to leave his autograph. In addition to their names, “The Beatles were here” text and face drawings were added to the 16 by 48 inch slab. It is now expected to hammer down for between $750,000 and $1 million.
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