Megan Littlewood
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Lot 46
The Beatles/Apple: Derek Taylor's Peacock Chair, 1960s,
Ending from 3 December 2025, 12:00 GMT
Online, London, Knightsbridge£4,000 - £5,000
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Fred Lawton
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The Beatles/Apple: Derek Taylor's Peacock Chair,
1960s,
of typical form, re-painted white, together with a framed black and white Camera Press/Tom Hanley photograph of Derek in the chair in his office at Apple, a printed scan of a 1970 The Sunday Times Magazine cover illustration of the Apple offices, with Derek and chair, and an album cover image of Franco-American singer/actress Claudine Longet in the chair for her 1967 A & M album, The Look Of Love,
approx 58 1/2in x 43in x 25in (148.6cm x 109.2cm x 63.5cm)
of typical form, re-painted white, together with a framed black and white Camera Press/Tom Hanley photograph of Derek in the chair in his office at Apple, a printed scan of a 1970 The Sunday Times Magazine cover illustration of the Apple offices, with Derek and chair, and an album cover image of Franco-American singer/actress Claudine Longet in the chair for her 1967 A & M album, The Look Of Love,
approx 58 1/2in x 43in x 25in (148.6cm x 109.2cm x 63.5cm)
Footnotes
Provenance:
Property From The Collection Of The Late Derek Taylor.
Derek Taylor was a journalist, author, record producer but is probably best known as press officer for the Beatles. In early 1964, whilst working for the Daily Express newspaper and ghostwriting a column for George Harrison, Brian Epstein hired Derek as the Beatles' publicist. He accompanied them on their first US tour that summer.
He moved to the US in 1965, setting up his own PR company and, working with groups such as the Beach Boys and the Byrds, became highly successful. In early 1968 he retuned to England as press officer for the newly-formed Apple Corps. He left in late 1970, following the Beatles' break-up and went to work for WEA. After a few years he was back in the US, as a VP for Warner Bros. Records.
Things came full circle when, in the early 1990s, he re-joined Apple, working on the Anthology project, amongst others.