Beatles fans who have money to spend on memorabilia have an opportunity to own another relic: the piano John Lennon and Paul McCartney played while shooting the 1965 film Help!. According to Rolling Stone, the title song as well as McCartney's "Yesterday" was composed on the 1907 Bechstein Concert Grand. The current owner is the movie's director, Richard Lester, and the piece is expected to go for £50,000 (over US $83,600) when it goes up for auction at Omega Auctions in Liverpool on March 20.
Lester will also be auctioning off the matching album cover jackets that George Harrison and Ringo Starr wore in the film. Those are expected to go for $82,000 and $115,000. Along with the piano and jackets, the auction will feature 200 other Beatles artifacts.
"As Beatles clothing goes, these have got to be amongst the Holy Grail for any Beatles collector," auctioneer Paul Fairweather told Rolling Stone. "They feature on one of their most recognizable album covers and I have a feeling these could really fly off the block."
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