Unseen Beatles photos sell for $360,000
Written by admin on July 21, 2011 – 11:52 pm -| Unseen photographs of The Beatles’ debut American concert have sold at auction for $360,000 (£223,600).
Teenage photographer, Mike Mitchell, captured the images on February 11, 1964 during the band’s historic show at the Washington Coliseum. The negatives had been stored for years in a box in Mitchell’s basement. |
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Christie’s auction house sold 50 of Mitchell’s silver gelatin prints and many of the lots exceeded their estimated price by a significant margin. The most impressive example was a backlit photograph of the band which was expected to fetch $2,000-3,000 but went for an amazing $68,000.
“The Beatles Illuminated: The Discovered Works of Mike Mitchell” auction took place on Wednesday, July 20 at the Rockefeller Plaza in New York City.
The Beatles at the Washington Coliseum – “I Saw Her Standing There”
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