The Beatles star George Harrison's 72-year-old piece of toast sells at auction
A fan of The Beatles kept a piece of George Harrison's toast in a scrapbook after they acquired it in 1962.
A piece of The Belatles star George Harrison's toast dating back 72 years has been rediscovered and sold at auction. The breakfast food had been preserved on a scrapbook page alongside cigarette butts and John Lennon’s guitar-case fluff for decades.
In 1962 a 15-year-old Beatles fan named Sue Houghton befriended the Harrison family. During one visit to the family home she saw a leftover crust of unfinished toast on George’s plate and slipped it into her pocket.
Sticking it in her scrapbook she wrote:"Piece of George’s breakfast. 2-8-63". That was a significant date in Beatles' history as the group returned to Liverpool after a seven week absence to play at Merseyside’s Grafton Rooms.
The following day would be their last performance at The Cavern Club. Bob Wooler, the club’s compere has spoken about remembering Brian Epstein, The Beatles’ manager, promising they would be back one day, but due to their meteoric rise to fame it never happened.
A page from a scrapbook with a piece of toast stuck to it in a picture frame.
It first came up for auction in 1992, when Sue’s scrapbook collection, including the infamous toast, was auctioned at Christie’s for £1,300 to help fund her home renovations.
The scrapbook pages were subsequently split up and it recently came to the market again.
The latest owner, memorabilia dealer, Joseph O’Donnell, won't disclose how much he paid for the item but he has now framed it in museum grade, UV protected glass to preserve it for several more decades.
Source: Fran Winston/express.co.uk
