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Lot 371
A photograph of Elvis Presley and Scotty Moore, mounted with both autographs signed on a pale blue card, alongside a presentation plaque inscribed to commemorate the 75th Anniversary of Elvis Presley, 44 x 29cm overall. Guitarist Scotty Moore backed Elvis during the early part of his career in the 1950's
Lot 803
A quantity of vinyl albums by Elvis Presley to include 'The Christmas Album', 'Inspirations', 'Elvis' Golden Records', 'Pot Luck with Elvis', 'Blue Hawaii', 'A Date with Elvis' etc, and a quantity of books relating to Elvis to include 'Elvis Special' 1964, 1965 and 1981, 'Meet Elvis' magazine, also a copy of the 'The Beatles by Royal Command'.
Lot 567
Two reproduced images of Rolling Stone Magazine front cover, one with image of Elvis Costello and one with image of Patti Smith, both signed by the artist, both 23 x 19cm, both framed and glazed (2). CONDITION REPORT All the autographs were collected in person by the vendor who attended venues, hotels, parties etc to collect, photographs are available on the vendors facebook page.
Lot 244
A CERTIFICATE INSCRIBED TO ELVIS PRESLEY FROM THE "KANG RHEE INSTITUTE OF TAEKWONDO", issued Sept 9th (19)74, signed by Kang Rhee, Korean Grand Champion, Elvis trained with him in Memphis between 1970-74, 26cm x 36.5cm, together with a signed early P HOTOGRAPH OF A SPORTSMAN, and an unframed PRINT OF THE JOCKEY FRED ARCHER
Lot 213
JOHN LENNON - 'HOW I WON THE WAR' - (***Please notify the auctioneer by email/phone of your intention to bid on this lot otherwise your bid may not be accepted on the day***). a fantastic and unique collection of over 200 original black and white 35mm negatives of images taken by the late photographer Zdenko Hirschler on the set of How I Won The War (Andalucia, Spain, 1966). The majority of the images have never been published and are to be sold with full copyright. Contact sheets are also included with the lot. The majority of the images are of John Lennon himself and feature candid shots of a 'happy' Lennon whilst taking a break from filming. The collection contains many high quality close up portrait shots together with full length shots, including quite a few of John playing cricket. There are also images of Lennon with a camera taking some photographs himself having jokingly discussed a possible future as a photographer with Zdenko. Further scans will be added to the catalogue shortly. The following feature by Zdenko written around 4 years ago, gives an interest backstory to the photoshoot: An exclusive ZDENKO HIRSCHLER feature JOHN LENNON'S SECRET - AN EERIE PROPHESY Revealed for the first time after 45 years....... Almost half a century has passed since I shot those pictures of John Lennon. More than 45 years since I went to the charming Andalusian resort of Almeria in the south east corner of Spain. I went there to interview JOHN LENNON on location in Dick Lester's movie 'HOW I WON THE WAR'. The site of Almeria was chosen because of its blistering-hot climate (104 F) and its Sahara-like,Taberas desert - it was then a super popular place for shooting all kinds of desert warfare. I arrived on location at the same time they has a tea break. Lennon had a brick in his hand with a sandwich and a cup of tea in the other. "You see", he told me. "You don't have to be a movie star to get a cup of tea. But it helps to get you to the front of the waiting line". I was amazed to meet a COMPLETELY re-invented John Lennon; No more MOPTOP haircut... No more Trotsky-like unshaved chin... No more black jeans... No more leather jacket with the quasi- Elvis collar... In spite of his nondescript sloppy military uniform, Lennon looked clean, fresh and very young. Even his new yellow-tinted grandma style glasses did not change that impression. He looked like a cute teenager in spite of his 26 years. "My my - what a change!"' I told him."You've gone from HIPPIE TO HIPSTER". "Glad you like it!" he quipped back. "This moon-like desert is super cool -no fans, cars or photographers here"'. Lennon was originally case to play the part of Lt.Ernest Goodbody - an officer obsessed with endless tirades on how war seems to be 'the noblest' of all games. His musings about heroism and duty were meant to portray him as a complete idiot. But alas, there was no leading role for Lennon. Very soon, Lester learned that John Lennon was totally incapable of memorizing the lines. So the lead role went to a Michael Crawford, who at that time, was a less known actor. Although Lennon seemed useless, Lester could not afford to send the famous Beatle home. So instead, Lennon was cast in a smaller part of a 'Private Gripwood' which gave him complete freedom to ad lib his lines, to clown around and do as he pleased. The movie was meant to be an anti-war piece consisting of endless display of idiotic officers… but it reminded me more of a slapstick Keyston Kops silly symphony of the early twenties. Lennon was very happy with this new direction and he had his own reasons to be in Almeria. 1966 was a crucial year for the Beatles. Although the group achieved world fame, made tons of money and was idolized by millions of young fans, 1966 ended in a very bad way… It started with Lennon giving his famous interview to the London Evening News saying something to the effect that 'JESUS IS OUT OF FASHION AND LESS POPULAR THAN THE BEATLES.' The result of his words was catastrophic.. The Beatles were almost attacked in Tokyo, beaten in Manilla and started to receive hundreds of threatening letters from former USA admirers. As a result, they decided to end their tour. It was then that Lennon accepted the offer to try acting in Lester's movie in Almeria, being in an obscure corner of Europe and far away from all the negative publicity. It seemed an ideal place to hide. Lennon spoke of the new lives his band-mates had and explained to me... "The Beatles started to go in different directions..Paul and his girlfriend at the time, Jane, decided to start watching animals in Africa. George and Patty went to India while Ringo and Maureen went to see relatives in England. I wanted to try something new in my life - ACTING - So far, l I am very happy here and it is an exciting, new adventure". I countered, "Perhaps you could be a good photographer. Take my camera and try to make a portrait with my long lens." I gave Lennon my Nikon and he shot some portraits of me and some of Dick Lester. My picture was a complete miss but Lester's was OK.. There was no financial need for Lennon to start a new life, whether it was in the acting world or wherever. He was already a very rich man who owned a big home in Kenwood and lots of cars including a Rolls Royce and a Ferrari. He was happy staying six weeks in Almeria. But near the end of shooting Lester asked him to do the very last scene where Lennon was to be shot by four bullets and fall to his death. He refused to perform this tragic scene. He explained to Lester that dying in a violent way was something that had haunted him for years. It dated from Hamburg in 1962 when the Beatles first started. Once, he was involved in a very violent fight with his best friend Stuart Sutcliffe -- a member of the original group at that time. A year later, Sutcliffe died from a brain injury. Lennon was crushed and told his then girlfriend Cynthia about it… "This is too freaky…it could mean I'll have a violent death too" he said to her. He told Lester the same story and exclaimed that being killed in the movie scene would be too much like 'an eerie prophecy'. "I don't want to do this scene!" he shouted. Lester tried calming him down. "Don't be silly!", he said and added, "It's only a movie and this last scene shows that war is tragic and in spite of all the silliness we are portraying, the message is that people do die during war". Lester knew the real value of having John Lennon killed in his movie. Even if the movie might end as a complete flop (which indeed it did), the truth was that Beatles and Lennon fans would most likely go in droves to see Lennon die a violent death on the silver screen. They argued a lot about it. In the end, Lennon was forced to give up and play the part of dying a lonely death in a field shot by four bullets. Out of character, he acted so well in the scene that his wife Cynthia broke down and had to be whisked away from the cinema.. John how could you do this to me,asked Cyntia,but John was not in mood to talk about this last act..He forbade any future mentioning of this uncanny death and this was a subject not to be touched by any Beatle or friend... A tabu theme... Was this an eerie prophesy? The full unedited version can be seen on Omega Auctions website.
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