Rare Abbey Road Photos of the Beatles Going Up for Auction, May Fetch Over $100,000
Six rare photographs of the Beatles from their Abbey Road album cover photo shoot are going up for auction, including the iconic shot that was chosen for the final cover.
The shoot resulted in six frames. Three show John, Paul, Ringo and George walking left to right, and the other three show the band walking in the opposite direction.
This is said to be the first time a complete set of these six photographs is going up for auction. Although Macmillan made 25 sets of signed prints, these have generally all been passed around from collector to collector as individual photos rather than as a complete set.
Back in 2012, one of the “wrong way” photographs went up for auction and sold for a little over $25,000. Now, that same auction house (Bloomsbury Auctions) is offering this complete set.
In addition to the 6 photos that were shot for the cover, the street sign photo used for the back cover will also be going up for auction. The Guardian writes that Macmillan initially didn’t like the image, as it shows a girl in a blue dress that wandered into the frame:
The auction will be held on November 21st, 2014, and the photographs are expect to fetch at least £50,000-70,000, or ~$80,000-112,000.
P.S. Did you know there’s a 24-hour webcam pointed at the crosswalk on Abbey Road?
Image credits: Photographs by Iain Macmillan/Bloomsbury Auctions
