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These previously unreleased images - presumably taken during George and Pattie’s honeymoon, February 1966 - are currently being sold on eBay for £349.99:

“The slides are fascinating as they show George and Patti [sic] away from the media scrum that usually surrounded them. The silhouette showing them touching noses is extremely touching. I bought these slides back in 1985 after staging The Scottish Beatles Fair in Perth in 1986. They’re clearly stamped June 1966 but George & Patti’s [sic] honeymoon was earlier that year. It’s possible that they just weren’t processed until that date. The photographer and location are both unknown. The person I bought them from told the story that he’d been a painter and decorator who had done some work for George. On moving a piece of furniture away from a wall, he discovered the slides on the floor. He handed them to George but was told to keep them or bin them. George by that time was no longer married to Patti [sic]. No other information is available.” - The listing: here.

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John and Cyn from the documentary Harry Benson: Shoot First

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Cynthia, Julian, and John in Los Angeles in 1974

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Paul and Linda, 1976

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On April 17, 1998, Linda Louise McCartney, nee. Eastman, died after a 3 year battle with breast cancer.

Close friend Danny Fields related his first conversation with Paul McCartney after her passing “I called Paul right away, I said, ‘Oh, Paul,’ and his voice cracked for 10 seconds. We both started to cry. But then I couldn’t stop, and he was consoling me. He said, ‘Wasn’t she great? Wasn’t she beautiful? Wasn’t she smart and together and wonderful and loving?’ ”

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Mood: Paul getting smacked in the face by a hanger in A Hard Day’s Night.

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This is a letter written by George Harrison, concerning his guitar “Lucy” (a Gibson Les Paul) being stolen in 1973. The letter was sold by Bonhams for £1.440 on 27 April 2005.

It reads:

May 3, 1973

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

On April 13, 1973 a guitar was stolen from my home at 1129 Miradero Road, Beverly Hills, California and was subsequently reported to the police. It has since come to my attention that the guitar was sold to a company called Whalin Sound City here in Los Angeles. They in turn sold it to an individual named:

Miguel Ochoa 1896 Ave Ninos Heroes Guadalajara, Jalisco Mexico

The following information is to identify the guitar:

Make: Gibson Les Paul Custom Serial #: 7-8789 Color: Cherry Red

This letter authorizes bearer to accept the guitar on my behalf if it can be recovered.

Very truly yours,

George Harrison

The backstory:

“The guitar was stolen while [George] Harrison was in L.A. [in 1973]. Through a complex of phone calls and contacts, it was found that the instrument had been hocked and re-sold to a fellow of Mexican descent. ‘I called him up,’ Harrison says, smiling wryly. ‘I said, “That’s my guitar. I want it back, and I’ll give you your money back.” He said, “How do I know it’s really you?” I said, “Okay, I’ll meet you.” A meeting was arranged, but the guy just took off, jumped in a car, and drove to Guadalajara and kidnapped my guitar! Ravi Shankar was in Guadalajara doing tv or something - it was just after the Bangladesh concerts - and Ravi went on tv saying, “He’s very upset because his guitar’s been stolen and it’s in Guadalajara!” Then he read the guy’s name on tv! ‘In the end it became a bit of a ripoff. I had to pay this guy to keep flying to Guadalajara doing deals with the other guy, and I ended up having to go out and find a Les Paul of the same period and swap it for mine. I finally got it back, but it was a really good guitar, and also it had that personal thing, because it was the “[While My] Guitar Gently Weeps” guitar that Eric played, and I used it on the white album and Abbey Road.’” - Guitar World, April 1988 [x]