A signed Beatles photograph and a sheet of handwritten lyrics by Sex Pistols frontman John Lydon have sold at auction for more than €79,000 each.
The signed picture of the Fab Four on stage, which was for their 1964 Australian tour promoter, had an estimate of $40,000 (€38,394) in the US auction, but it exceeded expectations by selling for $83,278 (€79,934).
RR Auction's Marvels of Modern Music sale also saw the sheet of original working lyrics by Lydon, known as Johnny Rotten, sold for $82,638 (€79,320) after an estimate of $80,000 (€76,788).
The sheet featured early drafts of Holidays in the Sun and Submission, two of the Sex Pistols' songs from their hit 1977 debut album Never Mind the B*******, Here's the Sex Pistols.
The sheet was previously exhibited at Cleveland's Rock & Roll Hall of Fame between 1996 to 2000 and was shown at London's Hospital Exhibition in 2004 and Manchester's Urbis exhibition.
The manuscript includes a certificate of authenticity from punk historian Jon Savage.
Executive vice president at RR Auction Bobby Livingston said: "The music auction marketplace is currently very strong, and this sale proves the enduring power of the Sex Pistols and the cultural revolution they ignited.
"Blue-chip punk items are being purchased by collectors whose lives were transformed by the power of this music."
The auction achieved a total of $1,132,981 (€1,087,491) with several other notable items including a signed Beatles Magical Mystery Tour EP, which sold for $37,500 (€35,994).
Another signed photo of the band from around mid-1963 went for $26,575 (€25,508), while a first pressing of the Beatles' debut single Love Me Do and PS I Love You, signed the day after its release, went for $24,079 (€23,112).
Source: Press Association
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