what do we have here I actually got one
of the most important documents in rock
and roll history the contract between
Brian Epstein who is the manager and
libidos creating the partnership between
the two of them you have the original
Beatles contract yep
that's a big WOW factor right there
what's really unique it had to be signed
by two of the parents James McCartney
and Harold Harrison because at the time
both of them were under 21 the articles
hereby appoint the manager to act as
their manager throughout the world for a
period of five years from the first day
of October 1962 an agreement basically
states what Brian Epstein's cut would be
including vaudeville concerts movies
merchandise The Beatles you actually get
paid a lot less than he did you got a
ridiculous management amount he got 25%
exactly but the entire contract wasn't
gonna be valid until Brian Epstein
actually got them a record deal that is
correct
Brian Epstein was a genius he basically
transformed the Beatles from an unknown
band playing small clubs into the
biggest rock band ever when he died he
couldn't be replaced and it played a
large role in the Beatles breaking up to
actually have his original contract in
front of me is surreal how much do you
want for it a million dollars that's a
lot of money
I'm gonna call my guy I just want to
make sure that everything is 100% cool
before we start talking price you know I
can imagine someone spending a
ridiculous amount of money to make a
brand new one of these I totally
understand all right hang out I'm gonna
get him down here momentarily Thanks
this contract is legendary some people
consider it the most important document
in the history of rock music if this
thing checks out I will do what I have
to do to get it now that's cool I've
heard about this piece before it's been
well-documented people want Beatles
stuff autographs of lyrics you name it
you know the stuff they wore on stage
the Beatles are always number one in
terms of their signatures I mean there's
still the most sought-after it's not
uncommon to have them together but on a
contract that's a pretty rare piece in
itself I'm gonna start off at the top
with John Lennon
I'm just looking for live ink I'm
looking for overlapping and the
overlapping is where it gets darker yeah
it starts to get darker you could see
one pen stroke go over the other I see
no reason to believe at all that this is
printed it's not a stamp it's not a copy
or anything these are definitely live
signatures on your so that's a good
thing okay very good thing absolutely
you have some really early signatures of
the Beatles so what I've done here is
I've tried to pull out some super early
stuff that I have on a file but I'm
starting to look at here letter
formations in overlapping the Harrisons
signatures just you know very early
signature for him John Lennon wouldn't
sign John W Lennon as a signature he'd
never do it for someone in person but
this is a pretty unique situation but
I'm still seeing a lot of the same
similarities here especially in the
double ends here so these are all very
good signs all right those are real I
mean based on everything I've seen here
there's no question that this is genuine
yeah it's all cool I mean what's it
worth
I'd put the value of this piece right at
around $500,000 all right so you're
still stuck in a million I'm I really
got to get a million I don't see anybody
history you know and when you start
talking that money there's very few
people in the world that have that much
money
I totally agree okay if I bought it from
you I have to put it in auction mm-hmm
it charged me 14 15 % oh you're not
gonna like my price I mean I pay you
like 350 for it you know I have to look
at it I think I'm probably gonna have
million dollars for it you know what
that's that's an incredible offer but
I'm really gonna have to stick to a
million dollars I could probably take it
to one of the major auction houses
tomorrow and I really believe that I
could probably get a million dollar
reserve honest um okay you take the risk
I would go 350 that's cash right now if
you don't take that I would wait for
another auction I'm gonna have to
decline in the 350 good luck with it I
appreciate it thanks very much I'm
disappointed I couldn't make a deal I
really wanted to sell it today but I
really had to find the right buyer today
just wasn't it
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