Beatles memorabilia worth an estimated £6m goes for auction
by Mark Brown North of England correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#6EEQ8)
Items include an archive from John Lennon and Yoko Ono's 1969 peace protest and a curious birthday card sent by George Harrison
An archive of material from John Lennon and Yoko Ono's 1969 peace protest is among the items to be sold this month at one of the most expensive Beatles auctions ever held.
Memorabilia will go under an online hammer with an upper estimated value of $8m (6.3m). It includes a section of TV set wall that formed the backdrop to the Beatles' breakthrough Ed Sullivan show appearance, clothes, speakers, signed contracts and a curious birthday card from George Harrison to his caretaker signed Adolf Schinkengruber".
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