- Music
- 26 Mar 18
350 unreleased photos of the Fab Four sold for the colossal sum when they went under the hammer in England.
The 413 negatives in total were all of gigs The Beatles' played in 1964. They were all taken by photographer Mike Mitchell, who was 18-years-old at the time.
"I was very motivated to come up with stuff that was as unique as could possibly be," Mitchell said.
"I looked and noticed that nobody was up on the stage. I thought, I wonder what it would be like to be up on the stage and see what I could get up there."
Back in 2011, Mitchell sold at auction a lot of silver gelatin prints for $362,000.
"This is an incredible archive. The unique combination of perspective and light sets them apart from any other Beatles photographs of that period," said Omega auctioneer Paul Fairweather. "
This was reflected in prices achieved for a small selection of prints in 2011, so for the entire archive to be sold with copyright, this is a unique opportunity for collectors and investors alike."