- Title: UNITED KINGDOM: POP MEMORABILIA GO ON DISPLAY AHEAD OF AUCTION AT CHRISTIE'S
- Date: 23rd May 1997
- Summary: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (MAY 23, 1997) (RTV - ACCESS ALL) 1. SV EXTERIOR OF CHRISTIE'S AUCTION HOUSE/ CU SIGN (2 SHOTS) 0.13 2. LV STAGE FULL OF GUITARS ON STANDS 0.18 3. SV THE BEATLES SHOW CABINET OF ALBUMS/ PHOTOGRAPHS 0.30 4. CU PHOTOGRAPH OF JOHN LENNON 0.33 5. CU PRESS RELEASE FROM PAUL MCCARTNEY AFTER
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- Location: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
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- Country: United Kingdom
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- Story Text: INTRO: Pop memorabilia has continued to be in demand throughout the world. And much of it has nothing to do with the actual music. An auction in London on Thursday will see everything from Buddy Holly's swimming trunks to Madonna's black beaded bra go under the hammer.
The Beatles may have broken up more than 25 years ago but they continue to dominate the pop scene - at least in terms of memorabilia.
At Christie's auction house in London nearly a third of all the items shown at a preview on Wednesday (May 28) related to the Fab Four as the group were known.
The showpiece of the Beatles part of the sale was a guitar signed by three of the group - George Harrison, Paul McCartney and John Lennon. It was expected to raise between 35-45,000 pounds sterling (approximately 56,000 -- 72,000 U.S. dollars).
In contrast, a signed guitar by the band Oasis waslikely to be sold for only a few hundred pounds (dollars).
In the costume section a black-beaded bra worn by Madonna during her defiant and brazen stage version of Vogue on the Girlie Show World Tour 1993 could raise between 2-3,000 pounds sterling (approximately 3,200 -- 4, 800 U.S. dollars).
A pair of Buddy Holly's swimming trunks were also up for grabs.
And a Midnight Blue velvet stage shirt worn by Elvis Presley in 1956 was being offered along with the racing driver outfit he wore in the movie Speedway in 1968.
At the same time Christie's were holding another auction selling an astonishing collection of contemporary art purchased over a number of years by the rock guitarist Eric Clapton.
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