Signed Sir Paul McCartney book part of record-breaking charity auction

A signed transcript of Sir Paul McCartney’s 2021 publication The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present and an accompanying Abbey Road Studios acquisition has sold for much than £51,000 astatine an auction to payment euphony foundation Musicares.

The Musicares Charity Relief Auction event, held connected Sunday by Julien’s Auctions, grossed much than 700,000 dollars (£567,000) successful enactment of the charity’s enactment providing assistance to the euphony assemblage during times of disaster, specified arsenic the wildfires successful Los Angeles.

Julien’s Auctions says it was the astir palmy lawsuit successful the past of the organisation’s concern with MusiCares.

Topping the charts was a hardcover variation of Sir Paul’s 2021 publication of the year, which was manus signed and personalised to the winning bidder accompanied by an Abbey Road Studios acquisition hosted by Grammy award-winning shaper Giles Martin.

The point sold for 63,500 dollars (£51,435), much than 15 times its archetypal estimate.

Other starring items included a 2024 Fender American Vintage II 1951 Telecaster electrical guitar, signed and donated by American rocker Bruce Springsteen, which sold for 52,000 dollars (£42,120), and a achromatic apical chapeau worn by Fleetwood Mac vocalist Stevie Nicks for a Saturday Night Live promotional photoshoot which sold for 58,500 dollars (£47,385) – astir 60 times its estimate.

A full of 56 items including instruments, memorabilia, wardrobe and artworks from immoderate of the top euphony icons successful the manufacture were auctioned disconnected successful the achromatic mitt merchantability held online and astatine The Recording Academy successful Santa Monica, California.