Auction Room: May 13

This weekend on Auction Room, i’ts Beatles memorabilia, and 1960s tin-plate space toys and robots.

Host William McInnes reveals autographs from the earliest days of the Beatles. A prized collation of Beatles photographs and a signed document by the Fab Four have been in Gillian Meade’s family since she was 16, but distressing family medical expenses made her decision to send it to auction.

Beatles historian Greg Armstrong takes a nostalgic look at his memorabilia, recalling the overwhelming reception the Beatles received at the original Southern Cross site in Melbourne. Ironically, Greg, who is presently working on his 50th anniversary book celebrating the Beatles tour, now works in this very site.

Popi Mavromatis takes several of her exceptional 1960s tin-plate space toys and robots to Leonard Joel Auctions.

6pm Sunday 13th May ABC1.