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Lot Essay
The period covered by this receipt represents The Beatles' twelfth week of their gruelling 13-week engagement at the Top Ten Club.
Details
The Beatles
A rare early musicians' salary receipt for The Beatles and Tony Sheridan for seven days' work at the Top Ten Club, Hamburg, June 17th-23rd, 1961, the agreement written in German in an unidentified hand, in blue ink, on a loose page of cash book paper titled Musiken Rechnung [Musicians' Payments], dated 17.- 23.6.61, individually listing the five Beatles and Tony Sheridan in the following order: George Harrison, Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Stuart Sutcliffe, Pete Best and Tony Sheridan and giving details of their matching salaries: 7 jage a 35.-=DM245 [7 days at 35 deutsch marks] less tax, giving a total per week for each of DM245, each paragraph signed individually by the recipient in blue ballpoint pen: George Harrison, Paul McCartney, JW Lennon, Stuart Sutcliffe and Peter Best [unsigned by Tony Sheridan]
A rare early musicians' salary receipt for The Beatles and Tony Sheridan for seven days' work at the Top Ten Club, Hamburg, June 17th-23rd, 1961, the agreement written in German in an unidentified hand, in blue ink, on a loose page of cash book paper titled Musiken Rechnung [Musicians' Payments], dated 17.- 23.6.61, individually listing the five Beatles and Tony Sheridan in the following order: George Harrison, Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Stuart Sutcliffe, Pete Best and Tony Sheridan and giving details of their matching salaries: 7 jage a 35.-=DM245 [7 days at 35 deutsch marks] less tax, giving a total per week for each of DM245, each paragraph signed individually by the recipient in blue ballpoint pen: George Harrison, Paul McCartney, JW Lennon, Stuart Sutcliffe and Peter Best [unsigned by Tony Sheridan]
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