Beatles’ letter goes for $76,000
From Bloomberg News
John Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Starr wrote to Lee Eastman 36 years ago saying the lawyer wasn’t authorized to act for them. The letter from three-quarters of the Beatles sold for $76,000 at a Christie’s International auction in London.
The letter from April 1969, documenting one of the quarrels that eventually dissolved the group, marked a break with Paul McCartney, who wanted Eastman, Linda McCartney’s father, to run the Beatles’ affairs. It was part of a sale of memorabilia that took in nearly $952,000.
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