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Unseen photos of The Beatles taken by a crew member shooting their films are to be auctioned in Staffordshire.<\/p>\n
The behind-the-scenes images – six from A Hard Day’s Night and two from Help! – are in a collection from Edward Tucker.<\/p>\n
The archive will be auctioned as three lots, with the Beatles photos having a guide price of \u00a3500 to \u00a3700, film scripts and movie photos estimated at \u00a3750 and pop music and 1980s autographs expected to fetch \u00a3250 to \u00a3350.<\/p>\n
The collection came to light during a day in Coventry for ITV antiques programme Dickinson’s Real Deal and it is being brought to auction at Richard Winterton Auctioneers, in Lichfield, on 3 November by Mr Tucker’s family.<\/p>\n
Photos from the set of A Hard Day’s Night feature Ringo Starr filming in April 1964 in Edgehill Road, West Ealing.<\/p>\n
The auctioneers said director Richard Lester was in one shot, taken while “working out the comedic scene where the hapless drummer is arrested after a woman falls down a hole in the road he covered with his coat”.<\/p>\n
Other photos show Sir Paul McCartney and George Harrison.<\/p>\n
Two colour images are from filming for Help! at Cliveden House, which doubled as Buckingham Palace in the film.<\/p>\n
Mr Tucker, from Cambridgeshire, worked for decades in the movie industry before he died eight years ago aged 83.<\/p>\n
The auctioneers said he was a grip – a technician responsible for building and maintaining equipment supporting cameras and other production gear.<\/p>\n
Daughter Leigh-Anne, 58, said he lived next door to Twickenham studios and one day “he was digging a hole for the council and someone said ‘hey mate, you want to come and do that for us’.<\/p>\n
“So he started as a set builder and went on to become a much-loved, accredited grip who travelled the world and was highly valued in the film industry.”<\/p>\n
The collection also features scripts, including one for 1976 film The Eagle Has Landed and signed photos by stars like Sir Michael Caine and Kate Bush.<\/p>\n
Mr Tucker’s wife, Sheila, was an “enthusiastic autograph hunter”, the auctioneers said.<\/p>\n
Other scripts include The Adventurers, The Blockhouse, The Greek Tycoon and Entertaining Mr Sloane.<\/p>\n
Images include a photo of Gerry and the Pacemakers in front of Liverpool’s Lime Street station, Lonnie Donegan and Peter Cushing, as well as pictures from Oliver Reed films.<\/p>\n
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