Antiques Roadshow guest is speechless after discovering the value of two 60-year old drawings created for The Beatles - and admits the iconic band never paid him for his work!
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Antiques Roadshow guest is speechless after discovering the value of two 60-year old drawings created for The Beatles - and admits the iconic band never paid him for his work!

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The Beatles returned to the BBC on Sunday evening, at least in a manner of speaking, after the original pencil drawings of their first band logo made an appearance on Antiques Roadshow. Expert Mark Hill was visibly stunned upon discovering the drawings had been created for one of Ringo Starr's drums in 1962, shortly before the band became one the biggest and most successful groups of all time. A retired signwriter was speechless on Sunday evening's Antiques Roadshow after discovering two 60-year old pencil drawing designs of The Beatles' original logo were worth £15,000 The drawings were been created for one of Ringo Starr 's drums in 1962, shortly before band became one the biggest and most successful groups of all time The designs were ultimately rejected by then-newly appointed drummer Starr in favour of what would become their definitive logo, with its famous dropped T, designed by Ivor Arbiter Noticing a series of doodles alongside the completed work, Hill remarked: 'It's interesting to note here, that by these little antennae of this bug logo. Expert Mark Hill was visibly stunned after being presented with the drawings during Sunday evening's show, filmed at Sefton Park House in Liverpool - The Beatles' home city The expert pointed out a series of curious doodles alongside the completed drawings, and asked if their owner was responsible for them 'No, that was either John or Paul,' their owner admitted.

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