Christie's

Auction 24735
Ringo Starr: Four Ionic Originals
19 November 2025 - 15 December 2025, New York
Auction overview

Christie’s is delighted to offer four new IONIC Originals in a special online sale which proudly positions of musical art in the fine art world.

In 2025, Ringo Starr entered the studio to re-record A Little Help from My Friends, Photograph, Octopus’s Garden, and It Don’t Come Easy with Joseph Henry ‘T Bone’ Burnett III, the Grammy- and Oscar-winning composer, musician, and producer.
There is only a single copy of each song available, offered on a groundbreaking new audio medium that combines the best of the past and the present: the Ionic Original. Each of these 'one-of-one' editions is issued on a unique acetate disc that marks an important advance in analogue playback technology.

Bidding is available via online auction running from 19 November to 15 December.
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- Vice President, Specialist, Head of Private and Iconic Collections
  
  Elizabeth Seigel
  eseigel@christies.com
  Tel: +1 212 484 4812

4 Lots for Sale 24735
	Lot 1 A NEOFIDELITY IONIC ORIGINAL ACETATE DISC OF A 2025 RECORDING OF... SUNG BY RINGO STARR (b. 1940) ; PRODUCED BY JOSEPH HENRY ‘T BONE’ BURNETT III 10 in. diam. (Disc)	estimate $200,000 - $300,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________
	Lot 2 A NEOFIDELITY IONIC ORIGINAL ACETATE DISC OF A 2025 RECORDING OF... SUNG BY RINGO STARR (b. 1940) ; PRODUCED BY JOSEPH HENRY ‘T BONE’ BURNETT III 10 in. diam. (Disc)	estimate $200,000 - $300,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________
	Lot 3 A NEOFIDELITY IONIC ORIGINAL ACETATE DISC OF A 2025 RECORDING OF ‘WITH A... SUNG BY RINGO STARR (b. 1940) ; PRODUCED BY JOSEPH HENRY ‘T BONE’ BURNETT III 10 in. diam. (Disc)	estimate $200,000 - $300,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________
	Lot 4 A NEOFIDELITY IONIC ORIGINAL ACETATE DISC OF A 2025 RECORDING OF ‘IT... SUNG BY RINGO STARR (b. 1940) ; PRODUCED BY JOSEPH HENRY ‘T BONE’ BURNETT III 10 in. diam. (Disc)	estimate $200,000 - $300,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________

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Ringo Starr: Four Ionic Originals

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