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Apr 04, 2003, 09:03 AM
Pop goes the auction
April 4, 2003 07:22
The years will be rolled back tomorrow when hundreds of pieces of pop art memorabilia are auctioned in Diss.
Lots being sold include ticket stubs and programmes from a Cliff Richard concert at Yarmouth in the 1960s and an appearance by Billy Fury at the Windmill Theatre in the town in 1962.
Also going under the hammer are left-overs from more recent gigs in the 1980s and 1990s by groups such the Commodores at the University of East Anglia.
One of the rarer items on the sale list is a ticket stub from a Beatles concert at The Gaumont, now the Regent Theatre, in Ipswich, on October 31, 1964, which could go for £100 to £150.
But the most expensive item is likely to be a Record semi-acoustic guitar made in 1950, with a tortoise-shell inlay, which could fetch up to £2000.
The sale includes a large collection of records, with the Punk era represented with The Sex Pistols, Elvis memorabilia and promotional posters for pop stars and films, including James Bond.
James Bassam, sales organiser at Gaze & Son auction rooms, which is organising the sale, said the items had come from all sorts of places, from people who had found them in their attics to collectors and dealers and the sale was likely to attract the same.
Mr Bassam said the Cliff Richard ticket stubs and handbill, from a concert at the ABC theatre in Yarmouth, could go for £60 to £80.
There are also ticket stubs from concerts by Roy Orbison and The Walker Brothers at the Gaumont and by a group called Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich.
The pop art sales are held twice a year, and Mr Bassam said they were becoming increasingly popular.
"They are one of the fastest-growing sales that we have. There are more and more people who, as they are getting older, start looking back to their youth. They probably chucked out many of the things that they had, but this type of sale bring back lots of memories."
In all, 680 lots will go under the hammer, with the Beatles pieces, including a couple of John Lennon books bearing his signature, and a 1960s Selcol New Sound guitar, likely to be the most popular.
Viewing is today, 10am to 4pm, and tomorrow from 8.30am. Tomorrow's auction will start at 10am.
April 4, 2003 07:22
The years will be rolled back tomorrow when hundreds of pieces of pop art memorabilia are auctioned in Diss.
Lots being sold include ticket stubs and programmes from a Cliff Richard concert at Yarmouth in the 1960s and an appearance by Billy Fury at the Windmill Theatre in the town in 1962.
Also going under the hammer are left-overs from more recent gigs in the 1980s and 1990s by groups such the Commodores at the University of East Anglia.
One of the rarer items on the sale list is a ticket stub from a Beatles concert at The Gaumont, now the Regent Theatre, in Ipswich, on October 31, 1964, which could go for £100 to £150.
But the most expensive item is likely to be a Record semi-acoustic guitar made in 1950, with a tortoise-shell inlay, which could fetch up to £2000.
The sale includes a large collection of records, with the Punk era represented with The Sex Pistols, Elvis memorabilia and promotional posters for pop stars and films, including James Bond.
James Bassam, sales organiser at Gaze & Son auction rooms, which is organising the sale, said the items had come from all sorts of places, from people who had found them in their attics to collectors and dealers and the sale was likely to attract the same.
Mr Bassam said the Cliff Richard ticket stubs and handbill, from a concert at the ABC theatre in Yarmouth, could go for £60 to £80.
There are also ticket stubs from concerts by Roy Orbison and The Walker Brothers at the Gaumont and by a group called Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich.
The pop art sales are held twice a year, and Mr Bassam said they were becoming increasingly popular.
"They are one of the fastest-growing sales that we have. There are more and more people who, as they are getting older, start looking back to their youth. They probably chucked out many of the things that they had, but this type of sale bring back lots of memories."
In all, 680 lots will go under the hammer, with the Beatles pieces, including a couple of John Lennon books bearing his signature, and a 1960s Selcol New Sound guitar, likely to be the most popular.
Viewing is today, 10am to 4pm, and tomorrow from 8.30am. Tomorrow's auction will start at 10am.