"Beverly Hill Pawn" host purchases revised 1962 Beatles contract

Yossi Dina, star of The ReelZ Channel's "Beverly Hills Pawn" and owner of The Dina Collection in Beverly Hills has purchased the signed, revised Management Agreement between The Beatles and their manager, Brian Esptein dated Oct. 1, 1962, four days before the release of the group's debut single, "Love Me Do." 

The eight-page document of mimeographed typescript, is between NEMS Enterprises Ltd., Brian Epstein and John, Paul, George and Ringo. It's also signed by Harold Harrison and James McCartney, George and Paul's fathers, as both Beatles were under 21 at the time.

The contract was the second drawn up between the Beatles and Epstein. The first was signed by John, Paul, George and then-drummer Pete Best. Brian Epstein didn't sign the first contract himself. As he explained in his autobiography, a "Cellarful of Noise":
"I had finally secured their signatures on a contract on January 24th, 1962, but had not signed it myself. It provided them with safeguards against unemployment, protected them and me against any breach of faith and made the terms of my percentages quite clear. Why had I not signed it? I believe it was because even though I knew I would keep the contract in every clause, I had not 100% faith in myself to help the Beatles adequately. In other words, I wanted to free them of their obligations if I felt they would be better off."

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