LONDON - Brian Epstein's transcript of his management contract with The Beatles, a pact that proved to be worth millions, is being offered for sales agreement in London next month.
The four-page text file, signed Oct. 1, 1962, by John Lennon, George Harrison, Paul McCartney and Richard Starkey - Ringo Starr's tangible name - carries an estimated price of $480,000. The Fame Bureau auction home said Tuesday it had scheduled the sale for Sept. 4 at the Idea Generation Gallery.
The contract, also signed by Harold Hargreaves Harrison and James McCartney on behalf of their nonaged sons, gave Epstein a 25 per cent cut of the group's remuneration, provided that they made more than $400 each per week.
"The word is that he made more money than the Beatles did during his
Friday 15 August 2008
London firm to auction copy of Beatles' management contract next month
