A half-dozen outfits designed by Dutch collective The Fool and purchased at the Beatles' Apple Boutique in London during the 1960s are up for auction.
Owner Susan Brink of Indiana, recently brought the clothes to a taping of the "Antiques Roadshow" TV program and decided to put them up for auction once she realized how much they worth.
She bought the clothes in 1968, shortly before the Beatles' shop shut down.
Owner Susan Brink of Indiana, recently brought the clothes to a taping of the "Antiques Roadshow" TV program and decided to put them up for auction once she realized how much they worth.
She bought the clothes in 1968, shortly before the Beatles' shop shut down.
You can see the auction lot here.Marijke Koger-Dunham, a former member of the Fool who is now a painter in Shadow Hills, Calif., wrote in an email that the collective’s textiles came from Liberty Department Stores and “a lot of different and odd places.” Store mannequins had varied skin tones to represent different ethnicities. The Beatles and their wives and entourages wore the clothes at performances and on movie sets.Despite steady sales and a stream of curiosity seekers, the mismanaged store failed. A last chaotic wave of shoppers was allowed to take home the remaining stock free.“I like the idea that it was all given away in the end,” Ms. Koger-Dunham wrote.The Fool’s Apple products rarely appear on the market. In 2004, at Christie’s in London, a batch of the collective’s Beatles memorabilia, including bed linens and men’s clothing and underwear, sold for $3,000.
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