Yahoo News Antiques Roadshow shocks designer of original Beatles logo with value of his sketches
The old friend of the band was a sign writer and designed the logo as a favour in 1962.
Watch: The Beatles original logo sketches' value revealed
The designer of the first ever Beatles logo joked he'll "finally get paid" after having his sketches valued on the Antiques Roadshow.
The guest on the BBC show revealed the band asked him to design a logo for their drum when Ringo Starr joined The Beatles in 1962.
The band eventually dropped the design - featuring beetle antennae on the letter 'B' - choosing the now famous logo designed by Ivor Arbiter instead.
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The guest said: "I was quite close and they were all at my 21st [birthday]. I'm a sign writer, shopfitter."
He revealed that pencil alterations to the antennae on one of the banners were done by either John Lennon or Paul McCartney.
He laughed: "They had to do their bit, didn't they?!"
The banners were made to be attached to Ringo Starr's drums.
But the designer revealed: "Ringo didn't want them on the drum, because it might interfere with recording, they had to be able to come off."
And he insisted he was not offended when The Beatles went with Arbiter's logo design, featuring the dropped 'T'.
"I was an unbelievably busy lad, this was just another job. We were just good mates at the time. And they didn't pay me! Never."
Antiques expert Mark Hill, collectibles specialist, told him: "My feeling is that if these came up for auction, they'd probably fetch somewhere up to £15,000. So 60 years later you'd finally get paid!"
"Amazing! I get paid eventually. I don't particularly want to sell them at the moment, but who knows. I still like them."
The latest series of the BBC antiques show, which has run for 45 series since 1979, previously revealed a signed helmet and overalls belonging to Formula One star Sir Lewis Hamilton to be worth £10,000.
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And a collections of locks of hair belonging to romantic poets Samuel Taylor Coleridge and William Wordsworth were given an estimated value of £30,000-40,000.
