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Lot Essay
The period covered by this receipt represents the Beatles' ninth week of their gruelling thirteen-week engagement at The Top Ten Club
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The Beatles And Tony Sheridan
A rare early musicians' salary receipt for The Beatles and Tony Sheridan for seven days work at the Top Ten Club, Hamburg, May 27th-June 2nd, 1961, the agreement handwritten in German in an unidentified hand, in blue ink, on a loose page of cash book paper titled Müsiken - Gehalter [Musicians' Salaries], dated 27.5. - 2.6.61, individually listing the five Beatles and Tony Sheridan in the following order: George Harrison, Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Stuart Sutcliffe, Peter Best and Tony Sheridan, and giving details of their matching salaries: 7 Jage à 35.-=245 [7 days at 35 deutsche marks] less tax, giving a total per week for each of DM215, each paragraph signed individually by the recipient in blue ballpoint pen: George Harrison, Paul McCartney, J.W. Lennon, Stuart Sutcliffe and Peter Best and on behalf of Tony Sheridan: i.A. Ros.Heitmann
A rare early musicians' salary receipt for The Beatles and Tony Sheridan for seven days work at the Top Ten Club, Hamburg, May 27th-June 2nd, 1961, the agreement handwritten in German in an unidentified hand, in blue ink, on a loose page of cash book paper titled Müsiken - Gehalter [Musicians' Salaries], dated 27.5. - 2.6.61, individually listing the five Beatles and Tony Sheridan in the following order: George Harrison, Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Stuart Sutcliffe, Peter Best and Tony Sheridan, and giving details of their matching salaries: 7 Jage à 35.-=245 [7 days at 35 deutsche marks] less tax, giving a total per week for each of DM215, each paragraph signed individually by the recipient in blue ballpoint pen: George Harrison, Paul McCartney, J.W. Lennon, Stuart Sutcliffe and Peter Best and on behalf of Tony Sheridan: i.A. Ros.Heitmann
Literature
M. Lewisohn op. cit, 1992, pp. 30-33 & 43
H.O. Gottfridsson op. cit 1997, pp.66-68
H.O. Gottfridsson op. cit 1997, pp.66-68
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.
Further details
See footnote to previous lot