Two historic Beatle artifacts to be auctioned off today in the UK (Examiner.com/Beatles Examiner August 15th, 2010 9:25 am)

 Beatles Examiner (Aug. 15, 2010)

  Two items that figure in Beatle history are to be sold today in the Pioneers of Popular Culture. 
One is the piece of the Cavern stage pictured here and in the slideshow below.

It includes the card that reads "From The Cavern - Liverpool ''The Birthplace Of The Beatles'' Comes This Genuine Piece Of The Cavern Club Stage On Which The Beatles Performed 292 Times During The Period 1961 To 1963."

The item description reads "In September 1964, the Cavern played host to a five-day music event as part of Liverpool's 'Freedom From Hunger' campaign. To help fund-raising, sections of the old stage, which had just been refurbished by owner Ray McFall, were sold as souvenirs. The
demand for these 'Beatleboards', as they were called, was worldwide." You can find the auction site here.

It's worth is estimated at £450 - 550, € 530 - 650. (Roughly $701.4 - $857.3 U.S. Dollars.)

Bonham's is also auctioning a Challen piano used in Beatles and other recordings at Abbey Road Studios. As we wrote earlier, the item was housed in Studio Three. Not one, but two Challens were part of the Beatles' time at Abbey Road Studios.

The piano was used for "Paperback Writer," "Tomorrow Never Knows," "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" and "Old Brown Shoe." It's also believed it was used for the Pink Floyd albums "Wish You Were Here" and "Dark Side of the Moon." Bonhams estimates its worth at £100,000 – £150,000 (roughly $152,700-$229,000).