Beatles first management contract can be yours for the right guess (updated with contract slideshow)

June 22, 7:57 AMBeatles ExaminerSteve Marinucci

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    The first page of the Beatles contract being given away
     by Imagine.uk.com.

 Right after we wrote about the giveaway of the Beatles first management contract, Pete Nash of the British Beatles Fan Club, who's involved with the sale, wrote and told us it's no fairy tale and sent us this press release:

The Biggest Ever Beatles Prize Set To Be Awarded To One Lucky Music Fan

The Imagine Corporation is proud to announce the launch of the world’s most exciting music competition. One lucky music fan is set to win Brian Epstein’s original Contract that John Lennon, George Harrison, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr signed before they gained global fame and fortune as the legendary Beatles.

This amazing piece of popular music history has only changed hands a couple of times over the decades and was acquired for The Imagine Corporation at Christie’s, the world famous Auction House. The Contract is currently insured for £500,000 but is regarded as an irreplaceable piece of musical heritage. 

The competition is simple to enter and is open to anyone around the world. The rules are easy to follow and can be found at www.imagine.uk.com. All players have to do is work out what they think the Contract has been valued at by a panel of experts and therefore what it could have sold for if it had been put up for auction in April 2008 at a London Auction House. The competition is like no other and is a dream ticket for any music fan.

Managing Director of The Imagine Corporation Neil Marshall says “I am delighted that we will be able to change one person’s life with the winning of the Contract in our inaugural competition. Over the last year we have pulled together an incredible team here at Imagine and everyday I am astonished with the growing list of amazing items being secured for Imagine so that we can give the real opportunity of Obtaining the Unobtainable. Our Imagine website will open up a world of opportunity for our visitors!”

So whether they are the world’s biggest Beatles fan, or just want to pay off a mortgage by winning the prize, they can log on at www.imagine.uk.com to find out how all their dreams could come true by Obtaining the Unobtainable.

For more information and to enter please visit www.imagine.uk.com.

 So we asked Pete Nash of the British Beatles Fan Club, one of those associated with the giveaway, what it was all about. "This is an entire new concept in selling rare memorabilia...for the price of an auction catalogue now everyone can have an equal chance of owning a top piece (not just the Hard Rock Cafe)," he told us.

So for a lucky guess and a £10 entry fee, you can win a piece of history.

For more info:

• The Imagine website
• The British Beatles Fan Club