Music Beatles documents sold at auction for 9000 pounds
Recently found Beatles legal documents have gone under the hammer at an auction for 9,000 pounds (around 10,200 Swiss francs). According to the auction house, the documents shed new light on the break-up of the band.
13.12.2024, 02:54
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According to the British auction house Dawsons, a private buyer bought the papers on Thursday for almost double the previous estimate of around 5,000 pounds.
According to the auction house, the documents discovered in a cupboard contain copies of meeting minutes from a former Beatles advisor, legal letters and a copy of the band's original articles of association from 1967. The documents reveal, among other things, that the band was confronted with the fact that funds had disappeared after the death of their manager Brian Epstein in 1967 and that the four musicians were targeted by the tax authorities.
The documents now discovered also document the legal dispute brought against the band in 1970 by ex-Beatle Paul McCartney over the appointment of new manager Allen Klein as Epstein's successor.
The band's legal disputes
Until now, the dispute over Klein's employment was considered one of the reasons that contributed to the Beatles' break-up. In addition, creative differences, the strain of fame and the estrangement caused by John Lennon's relationship with his then girlfriend and later wife Yoko Ono are said to have been responsible for the break-up of the "Fab Four". However, as the new documents revealed, the musicians were also burdened by numerous complicated legal disputes.
McCartney had already declared in 1970 that he was no longer working with the band. However, another four years were to pass before the band was finally legally dissolved.
