* BEATLE'S FIRST CONTRACT ON SALE

8/11/08 - * BEATLE'S FIRST CONTRACT ON SALE THE BEATLES' first ever contract with legendary manager BRIAN EPSTEIN is set to fetch a staggering $500,000 (£250,000) at auction. The historic document, which launched the Fab Four on the road to global superstardom, was signed by John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr in January 1962. McCartney and Harrison's fathers also added their signatures, as the stars were under 21 at the time. But it was more than eight months later that Epstein signed it - after securing the band a record deal with EMI. The contract on sale is Epstein's own personal copy. It is due to go under the hammer in the Fame Bureau's It's More Than Rock and Roll auction at London's Idea Generation Gallery next month (Sept08). (ZN/PR/MJ) Credit: (Mandatory): www.thefamebureau.com. This is a PR photo. WENN does not claim any Copyright or License in the attached material. Fees charged by WENN are for WENN's services only, and do not, nor are they intended to, convey to the user any ownership of Copyright or License in the material. By publishing this material, the user expressly agrees to indemnify and to hold WENN harmless from any claims, demands, or causes of action arising out of or connected in any way with user's publication of the material. Supplied by WENN

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