Beatles contract sells for €16k

A BEATLES contract for a 1965 California concert that reveals that the Fab Four refused to play before a segregated audience has sold for $23,033 (€16,827) — more than four times its estimated price.

The contract, which was signed by the Liverpool group’s manager Brian Epstein, specified that they “not be required to perform in front of a segregated audience” for their August 31, 1965, show at the Cow Palace in Daly City in California.

It sold far above the pre-auction estimate of $3,000 to $5,000 at a Los Angeles auction held on Tuesday by Nate D Sanders. The buyer was not disclosed.