Beatles letter drums up £35k

A HANDWRITTEN letter from Paul McCartney on August 12, 1960, inviting an unnamed drummer to audition for a place in the Beatles has sold at Christie’s for £34,850 (€40,650).

The document was discovered folded up in a book purchased at a car boot sale in Liverpool, birthplace of the Fab Four.

It had been expected to fetch up to £9,000 at a rock and pop memorabilia sale at Christie’s on Tuesday.