Paul McCartney’s School Book: Introduction

Paul McCartney’s school exercise book sells for £46,800 at an auction at Newton-le-Willows, Merseyside. Indeed, the event, which was auctioning the Beatles’ memorabilia, including Paul McCartney‘s school book, was a success.

Other Beatles Memorabilia

However, a George Harrison cassette did not sell at all. This cassette had the title ‘The Hitler Tapes‘ and had some unheard tracks on it. The tracks included “Spoken Intro George Legs Harry” and “Brazil 1, 2, & 3“. Knowing The Beatles’ humour, this was obviously a little dig from George.

John Lennon’s gold-rimmed glasses sold for £9,600, while a suit that John Lennon once wore sold for £4,800. So, someone has really got a bargain there.

Of course, there was a lot of interest in this collection of the Beatles’ memorabilia. There was even a street sign from Abbey Road, which brought in £4,800. Furthermore, a brick from the Cavern Club sold for £420. There was also a Quarrymen business card someone got for a whopping £3,600. One other item to note that didn’t sell was a poster with a price tag of over £8,000.

Bidding War For Paul McCartney’s School Book

Obviously, the most interest was in Paul McCartney’s school book. Paul’s book was from his English literature lessons at Liverpool Institute High School for Boys. This book has 22 pages of essays, including Paul’s thoughts in writing about Thomas Hardy‘s novel ‘The Return of the Native‘ and John Milton‘s epic poem ‘Paradise Lost‘ and others.

Paul’s book also had many doodles, including a man smoking a cigarette. But it also has some criticism of his teacher, Alan Durband, who had the nickname ‘Dusty’. Be that as it may, Paul still managed to get a grade of B- to B++.

There were two people who went into a bidding war, which lasted 15 minutes. However, there had to be one lucky winner. But the bidding war ensured that the book sold for a massive £46,800. So, the winner has some works by Paul that date back to 1959/60, well before The Beatles became a household name.

In Summary

Beatles memorabilia pops up at auctions now and again, but this had quite a few special items. Who would love to own John Lennon’s gold-rimmed glasses or his suit? We might not like our old school books, but imagine owning Paul McCartney’s old book.

Well done to the winners, and we hope they have the memorabilia locked away for safety!