The more than 40 year old photographs were taken by photographer Mike Mitchell. Mitchell was only 18 when he was given a press pass to The Beatles's first U.S. concert at the Washington Coliseum in 1964. Later that year, Mitchell came back to cover the band's concent in Baltimore.
"Things were much different back then. There was no big security presence, the press wasn't corralled and I was free to sort of embrace my own ambition," Mitchell told Reuters.
Several of the pictures are said to valued at between around $1,000 to $6,000 each.
Cathy Elkies, head of the Iconic Sales at Christie's in the United States said that the remaining two Beatles members and the families of John Lennon and George Harrison are welcome to see the images before they go on sale in July.
SOURCE: Reuters UK
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