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Rock ‘n’ Roll memorabilia detective sells archive – with fake Beatles warning – The i newspaper online iNews

Rock ‘n’ Roll memorabilia detective sells archive – with fake Beatles warning – The i newspaper online iNews

February 04
11:10 2017

He is rock ‘n’ roll’s leading memorabilia detective, a collector who has tracked down John Lennon’s Japanese language class doodles and Elton John’s first upright piano. Now Tom Fontaine is selling off his unique slice of music history with a warning that the market for mementos is flooded with fakes. An obsessive collector since first seeing The Beatles on US television in 1964, Fontaine, from Indianapolis, has acquired more than 2,000 items including autographs and signed contracts to stage clothing and

Source: Rock ‘n’ Roll memorabilia detective sells archive – with fake Beatles warning – The i newspaper online iNews

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Martin Nethercutt

Martin Nethercutt

Martin A Nethercutt is a writer, singer, producer and loves music. Creative Director at McCartney Studios Editor-in-Chief at McCartney Times Creator-in-Chief at Geist Musik President (title) at McCartney Multimedia, Inc. Went to Albert-Schweitzer-Schule Kassel Lives in Playa del Rey From Kassel, Germany Married to Ruth McCartney

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