Via SWNS:
One of the largest personal collections of original Beatles images is set to sell for nearly £30k at auction – including ones backstage at the legendary Ed Sullivan Show performance.
The original contact sheets were composed by Beatles photographer Leslie Bryce – and includes thousands of photos taken of the Fab Four throughout their career.
The earliest shots capture the Beatles performance at The Winter Gardens, Margate on July 8, 1963 including images of John, Paul, George and Ringo playing table tennis in the hotel.
They are followed by contact strips of the first American tour, including backstage images of the legendary Ed Sullivan Show performance and the 1964 European tour when Ringo got tonsilitis and was replaced by Jimmie Nicol.
Other sheets include the making of the films Hard Days Night and Help while later photos document the recording of Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band at EMI No 2 in 1967 and the premier of the 1968 animated musical film Yellow Submarine.
They have now been listed for sale by Leslie’s surviving family and will go under the hammer at Sworders on July 6.
The collection of more than 400 sheets is expected to sell for £22,500-28,000.
The auctioneers said: “Leslie Bryce was photographer for The Beatles Monthly Book, the magazine for fans of the group that followed their career from the ‘mop top’ to the ‘flower power’ years."
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