세계적인 전설적 록밴드 비틀스가 처음으로 녹음한 곡 계약서가 경매에서 1억 원에 팔렸다.
19일(현지시간) 미국 경매회사 헤리티지옥션에 따르면 비틀스가 지난 1961년 독 일 함부르크에서 처음 녹음한 곡 '마이 보니'(My Bonnie)의 싱글 음반 녹음 계약서 가 9만3천750 달러(약 1억894만 원)에 낙찰됐다.
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1961 Beatles recording contract sells for over $90,000
A New York auction house says it has sold the first recording contract ever signed by the Beatles for over $90,000.
Heritage Auctions says the 1961 contract was for a recording of a rock and roll version of “My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean.”
The single from the recording session in Hamburg was released only in Germany. But it led to the Beatles being discovered by manager Brian Epstein.
The session was before Ringo Starr joined the Beatles. Drummer Pete Best signed the contract along with John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison.
The contract was sold Saturday by the estate of German Beatles collector Uwe Blaschke.
Heritage Auctions did not identify the buyer who paid for $93,750. (AP)