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Lot 54

The Beatles: A Group Of Sales And Other Awards To Derek Taylor,
1970s and Later, Qty

Ending from 3 December 2025, 12:00 GMT
Online, London, Knightsbridge

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The Beatles: A Group Of Sales And Other Awards To Derek Taylor,

1970s and Later,
comprising: a 'Gold' award for sales of more than 100,000 copies in the UK of Anthology 3, 1997; Thank You for all the ink From EMI International Press & Promotions, 1996, small frame; RIAA 'Gold' award for sales of more than 500,000 copies in the US of the album Little Criminals by Randy Newman; RIAA 'Gold' award for sales of more than 500,000 copies in the US of the album Let's Get Small by Steve Martin and RIAA 'Platinum' award for more than 1,000,000 copies of the same album in the US (album miniature displaced); a BPI 'Silver' award for more than GBP150,000 worth of sales in the UK of the album The Rutles, 1978, this named to 'Eric Manchester'; together with a quantity of Rutles memorabilia, comprising multiple copies of the booklet, The Rutles Hit America, March 3, 1978; Rutlemania booklet; Warner Bros. Records press releases, promo postcards and stickers, paper napkins and a scroll with text for a TV announcement, (Qty)

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.

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