beatlemethisbeatlemethat
Oct 17, 2000, 04:16 PM
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Beatle-abilia abounds
Fab Four's legacy is still a powerful influence on the pop music scene
Daily News Staff Writer
John Lennon's piano - the Steinway on which he composed "Imagine" - will be auctioned off tomorrow at a sale to be held live at the London Hard Rock Cafe as well as on the Internet at www.fleetwoodowen.com. (http://www.fleetwoodowen.com.)
If you're a collector who covets Beatles memorabilia, be advised that the auction house (owned by Mick Fleetwood of Fleetwood Mac fame) thinks the bids will top $1 million.
Also going under the gavel will be Lennon's old Ferrari 330GT - restored by Dodi Al Fayed, who died in that 1997 Paris car crash with Princess Diana. It's expected to bring about $200,000.
But there also will be less pricey stuff like a photo of the Beatles at a press conference for "A Hard Day's Night."
This is just one of the countless ways to buy Beatle-abilia.
There's a Beatles memorabilia shop at Bloomingdale's in New York City. There's one at the John Lennon Museum that Yoko Ono dedicated last week near Tokyo. There are dozens in the Beatles' hometown of Liverpool, England. And dozens of dozens on the Web.
Just one site - www.beatlelinks.net (http://www.beatlelinks.net) - claims to connect you to 1,224 other Beatle sites.
There are two categories of Beatles memorabilia. One is stuff actually owned by a Beatle or that, at least, dates from the 1960s.
And then there is all the more recent fun stuff that pays homage.
For example:
- "The Beatle Boot." A British company called Solely makes shoes just like the Fab Four wore in 1963 - ankle high, with a two-inch Cuban heel.
They're advertised at www.shoeworld.co.uk/beatleboots (http://www.shoeworld.co.uk/beatleboots) for $112.
- "The Beatles Yellow Submarine Mouse Pad." (You know there were no mouse pads in the 1960s.) This particular pad not only bears art from the film but is made so that a little submarine and other images float in a liquid-filled middle. When the mouse goes over the pad, it makes the little images move. Sells for $19.95. (Call 800-525-1908 or go to www.splashpad.net) (http://www.splashpad.net))
- Lunchboxes decorated with the art of Beatles album covers can be found at the Custom Shop & Gallery, 415 South St., for $22.50 each. The shop's specialty is posters, and it carries an array of them - all the Beatles, individual Beatles, psychedelic Beatles, you name it - for $7 or $8 each.
-- Rose DeWolf
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Peace, Love, and Beatles,
Stefanie
Beatle Me This, Beatle Me That (http://beatlemethisbeatlemethat.virtualave.net/)
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"After all is said and done, you can't go pleasing everyone, so screw it"
--John Lennon
Beatle-abilia abounds
Fab Four's legacy is still a powerful influence on the pop music scene
Daily News Staff Writer
John Lennon's piano - the Steinway on which he composed "Imagine" - will be auctioned off tomorrow at a sale to be held live at the London Hard Rock Cafe as well as on the Internet at www.fleetwoodowen.com. (http://www.fleetwoodowen.com.)
If you're a collector who covets Beatles memorabilia, be advised that the auction house (owned by Mick Fleetwood of Fleetwood Mac fame) thinks the bids will top $1 million.
Also going under the gavel will be Lennon's old Ferrari 330GT - restored by Dodi Al Fayed, who died in that 1997 Paris car crash with Princess Diana. It's expected to bring about $200,000.
But there also will be less pricey stuff like a photo of the Beatles at a press conference for "A Hard Day's Night."
This is just one of the countless ways to buy Beatle-abilia.
There's a Beatles memorabilia shop at Bloomingdale's in New York City. There's one at the John Lennon Museum that Yoko Ono dedicated last week near Tokyo. There are dozens in the Beatles' hometown of Liverpool, England. And dozens of dozens on the Web.
Just one site - www.beatlelinks.net (http://www.beatlelinks.net) - claims to connect you to 1,224 other Beatle sites.
There are two categories of Beatles memorabilia. One is stuff actually owned by a Beatle or that, at least, dates from the 1960s.
And then there is all the more recent fun stuff that pays homage.
For example:
- "The Beatle Boot." A British company called Solely makes shoes just like the Fab Four wore in 1963 - ankle high, with a two-inch Cuban heel.
They're advertised at www.shoeworld.co.uk/beatleboots (http://www.shoeworld.co.uk/beatleboots) for $112.
- "The Beatles Yellow Submarine Mouse Pad." (You know there were no mouse pads in the 1960s.) This particular pad not only bears art from the film but is made so that a little submarine and other images float in a liquid-filled middle. When the mouse goes over the pad, it makes the little images move. Sells for $19.95. (Call 800-525-1908 or go to www.splashpad.net) (http://www.splashpad.net))
- Lunchboxes decorated with the art of Beatles album covers can be found at the Custom Shop & Gallery, 415 South St., for $22.50 each. The shop's specialty is posters, and it carries an array of them - all the Beatles, individual Beatles, psychedelic Beatles, you name it - for $7 or $8 each.
-- Rose DeWolf
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Peace, Love, and Beatles,
Stefanie
Beatle Me This, Beatle Me That (http://beatlemethisbeatlemethat.virtualave.net/)
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"After all is said and done, you can't go pleasing everyone, so screw it"
--John Lennon