Richard Avedon (1923-2004) The Beatles four limited edition lithographic posters printed by Waterlow & Sons Ltd for the Daily Express newspaper, comprising; Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison & Ringo Starr, and a black and white photographic poster of The Beatles by Richard Avedon, sold with a copy of Look Magazine January 9th 1968 featuring John Lennon by Richard Avedon to the cover, printers marks to border, in original poster tube 68.3 x 47.5cm (6) Provenance John Lyndon
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‡ Sir Paul McCartney CH MBE (born 1942) Twelve studies for stage sets pen and ink on paper, annotated in ink, framed, sold with a note of provenance from the vendor unsigned 49 x 32.5cm. (sheet) Provenance Given directly by Brian Epstein to John Lyndon, director of productions at the Saville Theatre and manager of the Apple Boutique (one of the first business ventures by The Beatles). The bottom left design of red stars and stripes was used, by repute, for The Four Tops concert at the Saville Theatre, December 1966.
Three boxes of assorted books to include The Complete John Lennon Songs by Paul Du Noyer, The Beatles Album by Album, Imagine John Yoko by Thames & Hudson, Yann Martel Life of Pi, Modern Beeton's Book of Household Management, Folio Society A Month in the Country J L Carr, The New Yorker Encyclopaedia of Cartoons 2 volumes, Gilbert & George The Complete Pictures and Jack Freak Pictures, Italian Food Elizabeth David, French Provincial Cooking, Marcus Aurelies, etc.(B.P. 21% + VAT)
A LARGE AND MASSIVE SANDSTONE FIGURE OF A CHAURI BEARER, 10TH CENTURYNorthern India, Rajasthan. Superbly carved from buff sandstone standing in a restrained tribhanga pose, the celestial attendant holding a luxurious flywhisk (chauri) in his right hand held in front of the torso, the neatly carved hairs of the whisk elegantly falling over his right shoulder, the left hand is lowered at his thigh with the palm facing downward. He is wearing a short dhoti and a tall crown centered by a foliate design. His serene face is marked by almond shaped eyes below gently arched eyebrows, full lips forming a calm smile, and long pendulous earlobes.Provenance: Michael Macmillan Ltd., 12a Cadogan Place, London, June 1976. Collection of Denis O'Brien, acquired from the above. A copy of a letter written and signed by Denis Kerjean, General Manager of Michael Macmillan Ltd., addressed to Denis O'Brien, and dated 12 July 1976, accompanies this lot. Denis O'Brien (1941-2021) was an American attorney, best-known as the business manager of George Harrison of the Beatles and co-founder (along with Harrison) of the film studio HandMade Films, which produced Monthy Python's Life of Brian among many other films. He was introduced to Harrison by Peter Sellers, another financial client of O'Brien.Expert Authentication: According to the Michael Macmillan letter, there also once was “a letter of authentification signed by the V.A.M., to further prove the age of the statue”. Although this second letter has not survived, this remark by Macmillan clearly indicates that the present lot was authenticated by the Victoria & Albert Museum prior to 1976.Condition: Excellent condition, commensurate with age. Extensive wear, losses, signs of weathering and erosion, few structural cracks, small nicks, light scratches.Weight: 78 kgDimensions: Height 102 cm (excl. stand) and 118 cm (incl. stand)Mounted on a modern stand. (2)Literature comparison: Compare a related figure of a male attendant, attributed to Rajasthan, dated 9th-10th century, in the National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh (inv. no. A1970.262), illustrated by Balraj Khanna and George Michell, Human and Divine: 2000 Years of Indian Sculpture, Hayward Gallery, London 2000, no. 68, p. 17.Auction result comparison: Compare a closely related sandstone figure of a chauri bearer, 52.6 cm high, also dated to the 10th century and attributed to Rajasthan, at Bonhams New York in Indian, Himalayan & Southeast Asian Art on 19 March 2019, lot 838, sold for USD 40,075.
A NAD compact disc player C521, a NAD stereo tuner 4225 and three crates of various CDs, mainly rock, punk, new wave, etc, including Pixies, Iggy and the Stooges, Exploited, Prodigy, Lou Reed, Ramones, Joy Division, Doors, Queen, Frank Black and The Catholics, Spear of Destiny, Johnnie Cash, Led Zeppelin, Clash, Meat Puppets, White Stripes, B52s, Mudhoney, PJ Harvey, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rolling Stones, Beatles, etc etc etc. approx 700 +
Music related printed material, to include Genesis Chapter and Verse, Richards (Keith) Life, Biography of Led Zeppelin, Kubernik (Harvey) Neil Young Heart of Gold, Chris Rea; (Blue Guitars), etc., and a small quantity of LP records to include The Beatles Magical Mystery Tour, Erasure Ship of Fools, Rolling Stones Gimme Shelter, etc. (2 shelves)
Eric Clapton - An advanced copy of '24 Nights', the limited edition book published by Genesis in 1991, signed internally by Eric Clapton to a title page. *Genesis Publications '24 Nights' documents Eric Clapton's 24 night performance at The Royal Albert Hall, London. The hard case includes: a book of Peter Blake's sketches, tipped-in memorabilia and photographs, with printed introductions by Eric Clapton and Peter Blake, additionally signed by both; a small book with essay by Derek Taylor; cd tracks from the 24 Nights performance at The Royal Albert Hall; a separate envelope with guitar picks and additional memorabilia. This is an advance copy, unnumbered, that preceded the original limited edition run of 3500 copies. **The David Costa Collection - advance copy given to David Costa of Wherefore Art? following the studio?s design work on the '24 Nights' project David Costa: ?Introduced to Brian Roylance and Genesis Publications via Gered Mankowitz and Derek Taylor in 1988, it was inevitable, with so much common ground, we?d begin to work together. We did, producing ten books for them over the next decade, from Blinds & Shutters to Hamburg Days, followed by both Genesis and Wherefore Art? teams merging to produce The Beatles Anthology book published in 2000. This particular ?24 Nights? edition, unnumbered but signed, is an early copy of the entire boxed set, a pre-publication copy given to me by Brian before the numbered edition was released for sale.?
The Beatles - collection of proofs for the 2000 Beatles 'Anthology' book, produced to accompany the publication, including two large posters, 33" x 23" (slight water rippling); two extreme portrait posters, 72" x 18"; and five double-sided marketing landscape format posters; also two sets of proofs for the outer package of the capital albums box set, each 45" x 28" and multi-print run sets of the 'Let It Be' album cover *The David Costa Collection David Costa: ?The Wherefore Art? Studio designed The Beatles Anthology Book between 1993 and final publication in 2000, in conjunction with the editorial team of Genesis Publications. All subsequent marketing material such as the posters included here were designed by the studio, based on our collage of high contrast band images across the remarkably short timescale from 1962 to 1970.?
The Beatles interest - Ringo Starr's personal leather belt, displayed within a glass dome with stand and plaque *This belt was given to Mickey Finn of T Rex during the filming of 'Born to Boogie'. Mickey later gave the belt to a friend of the vendor who later passed them onto him along with two signed Marc Bolan and T Rex vinyl albums (signed by Mickey), and a selection of photographs
The Beatles interest - four EP records to include Tony Sheridan & The Beatles 'My Bonny' EP, Polydor orange label, no. NH66833; The Beatles 'Get Back/Don't Let Me Down' twentieth anniversary picture disc; Ringo Starr 'It Don't Come Easy', within rare Apple records sleeve and Suzy and The Red Stripes (Linda McCartney) - 'Seaside Woman' record (4)
Books - Music Interest - The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Virgin Rock Encyclopaedia, Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, John Lennon, History of Rock and Roll, British Hit Albums, Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood, The Lennon tapes, Mick Jagger, The Who, Miles Davis, Johnny Cash, Muse, The Kinks, Phil Spectre, others; qty
An Autograph album dated 1962 with a single signed page with The Beatles10 x 13.5cm. The Beatles signatures were collected by the former owner of the autograph book Carol Vernalls by her local Tenbury Wells café on 15th April 1963. The Beatles signed her autograph book as she walked down Tenbury Wells High Street, and they perform that evening at the Bridge Hotel.PLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail. 10 x 13.5cm.
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