{"id":413169,"date":"2018-03-25T13:27:41","date_gmt":"2018-03-25T13:27:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=413169"},"modified":"2018-03-25T13:29:52","modified_gmt":"2018-03-25T13:29:52","slug":"beatles-unseen-photos-early-us-gigs-fetch-250000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2018\/03\/beatles-unseen-photos-early-us-gigs-fetch-250000\/","title":{"rendered":"The Beatles: Unseen photos of early US gigs fetch \u00a3250,000"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">More than 350 previously unseen photos of The Beatles at two early US shows have fetched \u00a3253,200 at auction.<\/p>\n<p>Mike Mitchell captured the Fab Four arriving at the venues, at pre-show press conferences and on stage in Washington DC and Baltimore in 1964.<\/p>\n<p>A total lot of 413 negatives were sold with copyright for \u00a3253,200 by Omega Auctions.\u00a0Forty-six of those have been seen before when auctioned in 2011.<\/p>\n<p>A black Mercedes AMG George Harrison bought in 1984 sold for \u00a343,200.<\/p>\n<p>Mitchell photographed the band at their first ever US concert, at Washington Coliseum on 11 February 1964 &#8211; two days after their famous appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show.<\/p>\n<p>Mitchell was just 18 at the time and took the photos in natural light because he couldn&#8217;t afford a flash.<\/p>\n<p>He was on hand again when they played Baltimore Civic Centre on 13 September 1964. He even got on stage to get a better vantage point.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media-landscape no-caption full-width\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"responsive-image__img js-image-replace\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef-1.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/11B61\/production\/_100554527_display6.jpg\" alt=\"Photograph of George Harrison\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\" data-highest-encountered-width=\"624\" \/><\/span><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"media-landscape has-caption full-width\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"responsive-image__img js-image-replace\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/7F21\/production\/_100554523_display2.jpg\" alt=\"Photographs of The Beatles\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\" data-highest-encountered-width=\"624\" \/><\/span><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;I was very motivated to come up with stuff that was as unique as could possibly be,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I looked and noticed that nobody was up on the stage. I thought, I wonder what it would be like to be up on the stage and see what I could get up there.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Auctioneer Paul Fairweather said it was a &#8220;fantastic sale&#8221; which &#8220;shows that The Beatles market is still as strong as ever&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The black Mercedes 500 SEL AMG was bought by Harrison in 1984 for \u00a385,000 and he owned it for 16 years.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media-landscape has-caption full-width\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"responsive-image__img js-image-replace\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef-1.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/8499\/production\/_100554933_5b05f8ef-72df-4e12-ad28-3fab867d784a.jpg\" alt=\"Black Mercedes AMG owned by George Harrison\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\" data-highest-encountered-width=\"624\" \/><\/span><\/figure>\n<p>It featured in the official video for the song &#8216;Real Love&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Other items sold in Newton-le-Willows included a signed hotel register from a night at &#8220;The Bull&#8221; in Peterborough, which all four musicians signed along with manager Brian Epstein, which sold for \u00a39,840.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Source:BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than 350 previously unseen photos of The Beatles at two early US shows have fetched \u00a3253,200 at auction. 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