BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. – The original Tony Curtis cutout from the cover of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, one of the greatest rock ’n’ roll albums of all time, is expected to sell for $60,000 in Heritage Auctions’ Entertainment and Music Memorabilia Signature Auction June 17-18 in Beverly Hills. The auction offers a large range of entertainment and music treasures, including a vast collection of Beatles novelties, Jimi Hendrix regalia, rare concert posters and legendary guitars celebrating the 50th anniversary of the “Summer of Love.” Absentee and Internet live bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.
“This auction is all about 1967’s ‘Summer of Love,’” said Garry Shrum, director of music memorabilia at Heritage. “That is the summer Hendrix and Janis Joplin changed music forever. Two years later, we were treated to Woodstock, but it all began the summer of ’67.”
Among the one-of-a-kind items in the auction is the Tony Curtis cutout. Paul McCartney commented about the album cover for Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, explaining that he “wanted the whole of Pepper to be so that you could look at the front cover for years,” and 50 years after the album’s release, this statement could not be more accurate.
Two lots coveted among top collectors include a rare, 1967 Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band EMI promotional poster rarely seen at auction (est. $3,000) and spectacular tour book pages signed by the Beatles from their final concert from 1966 (est. $20,000).
In addition, a Beatles signed Ask Me Why/Please, Please Me Parlophone Record (est. $32,000), a John Lennon-owned and-worn two-piece track suit (est. $30,000) and a Beatles Yesterday And Today “sealed Butcher Cover” LP in gem mint 10 condition from Part I of one of the most complete U.S. Beatles vinyl collections in the world: the Stan Panenka Collection (est. $30,000).
Artworks by Beatles members Paul McCartney and George Harrison includes a unique piece of McCartney original art done while on a trip to India in 1968 (est. $19,000) as well as Harrison’s brightly colored sketch of two god-like eyes looking over a city in a valley drawn by while in Rishikesh, India (est. $19,000).
Jimi Hendrix has a plethora of clothing items being offered in June’s auction. An exclusive black leather biker’s Jacket could sell for more than $20,000. An artistic Indian-style embroidered vest, owned and worn by the man who changed rock guitar forever, perfectly embodies Hendrix’s Eastern-influenced hippie style (est. $15,000).
A music memorabilia auction would not be complete without signature instruments, and at the top of the list is a 1961 Fender Precision bass guitar owned and played by Motown legend James Jameson (est. $20,000). This P-Bass from the master himself comes with serial number 60228, strap, case and photo archive.
Heritage also is offering a significant collection of uncommon concert posters such as a Jimi Hendrix/Janis Joplin Monterrey Pop Festival Poster from 1967 (est. $10,000), a Grateful Dead Trip or Freak Concert poster from 1967 (est. $4,000); and a Big Brother And The Holding Company concert handbill from 1965 (est. $3,000).
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