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Permalink Reply by KarlKeaton on October 14, 2017 at 12:42am

I’ve seen it before and think it’s a great letter in the sense that it adds to the previously accepted history of The Beatles.

Before it’s discovery it was just ‘They needed a drummer for Hamburg and immediately thought of Pete Best from The Casbah who had a drum kit’

It’s interesting to learn that they searched at least a little harder for a drummer.

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Permalink Reply by michelle on October 14, 2017 at 9:50am

yes I have seen it somewhere before as well and think its a great piece of history. is it on ebay?

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Permalink Reply by fab432 on October 14, 2017 at 10:39am

Here is the story on the letter.

McCartney's letter was discovered in 2011, folded up inside a copy of antiques price guide What's It Worth?. The book was bought at a car boot sale in Bootle, Merseyside for just 50 pence.

The anonymous purchaser was a coin and antique collector from Bootle. He initially took it to the Beatles Shop in Liverpool, where he was offered £3,000, but took it to the Beatles Story museum to see if they would offer more to put it on display.

The museum declined to offer a valuation on site, but put him in touch with Christie's. It was auctioned in London on 15 November 2011 and sold for £34,850 pounds ($55,000).

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Permalink Reply by sling on October 14, 2017 at 5:16pm

I don't believe the "found in book" story. It either a convenient story for a stolen item , or by "finding It" one might avoid capital gains, taxes, etc. There are too many improbable finds of Beatles items turning up

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Permalink Reply by KarlKeaton on October 14, 2017 at 11:01pm

I know exactly what you mean, people have their reasons of which we ultimately know very little.

I was a more than a bit dubious about that John Lennon acoustic guitar that was sold a few years back. The previous story was that it had been stolen back at one of their UK Christmas shows if I remember correctly.

Nevertheless ultimately I’m happy that both that and this letter are accounted for.

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Permalink Reply by sling on October 15, 2017 at 5:01am

then there is the drum head from Sgt Pepper found in an abandoned barn that went for over $1 million at auction....

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Permalink Reply by Jim Cushman on October 14, 2017 at 11:26am

I saw this when it came out. Classic piece of early Beatles memorabilia....

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Permalink Reply by Don Webster on October 14, 2017 at 3:01pm

Thanks everyone..

Great piece of history!!

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