The auction, by Leonard Joel at 333 Malvern Road South Yarra, feature the Beatles at press conferences, in hotels, in concert and travelling during the start of their phenomenal success as the world’s leading pop band of the 1960s and 1970s.
Other interesting and valuable photographs in the collection include Marilyn Monroe taken in 1947 for Bluebells Modelling by Joseph Jasgur and a picture of Sean Connery as James Bond with Shirley Eaton as Jill Masterson on the set of Goldfinger.
About The AuthorRichard Brewster has been writing about the antiques and art auction industry for almost 20 years, first in a regular weekly column for Fairfax's The Age newspaper and also in more recent times for his own website Australian Auction Review. With 45 years experience as a journalist and public relations consultant, in 1990 Richard established his own business Brewster & Associates in Melbourne, handling a wide range of clients in the building, financial, antiques and art auction industries.