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This Beatles Collector Is Confident You Will Buy His Decapitated Wax George Harrison Head

Words by Riley Fitzgerald
Graphic by Mirror

Beatle fanatic and George Harrison fan Colin Hill is confident.

The British collector is self-assured that a waxwork head of George Harrison he bought for less than £200 five years ago, will sell for well over it’s asking price.

Hill acquired the head at an auction alongside those of notable cultural figures Britney Spears, Winston Churchill, and a barely recognizable Princess Diana.

Hill, a retired hospital worked aged 59, does not know how or why the heads were severed from their bodies, though he shares he almost won the head of Ringo Starr.

At the auction they also had Ringo Starr’s head,” he confides, “but I was outbid for that.”

As for the whereabouts of Paul McCartney and John Lennon‘s waxen doppelgangers, Colin is unsure.

I don’t know what happened to Paul and John’s heads,” he comments. “It would have been nice to get both of them. They were from Madame Tussauds and had been left in a storeroom.”

While Colin’s head may come from the same house of wax which provided wax dummies that appeared on the cover of the BeatlesSgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, the one he possesses is different from those which appeared on the record’s covers.

While the Beatles wax bodies were retained by the museum, their heads were changed several times during the 1960s to keep up to date with the group’s current appearances.

Three of the authentic Sgt. Pepper’s heads – those of John, George, and Ringo – were rediscovered in 2005 after becoming lost for nearly two decades.

Later, they auctioned for £81,500.

Paul’s is still at large.

The decision on who should appear on the cover was not an uncontentious one.

“[John] wanted Jesus Christ and Hitler on there,” McCartney shared in a recent interview with GQ. “That was, ‘Okay, that’s John.’ You’d have to talk him down a bit — ‘No, probably not Hitler…’ I could say to him, ‘No, we’re not doing that.’ He was a good enough guy to know when he was being told.”

We’re putting famous people on the cover,” he continued. “‘Hitler! He’s famous!’ And it was like, ‘Yeah, but John, we’re trying to put heroes on the cover, and he’s not your hero.’”

Despite Lennon‘s enthusiasm, neither Christ nor Hitler appeared on the final product.

In another earlier interview George Harrison simply remarked that, in keeping with the spirit of the times, many of the choices were made while the group was under the influence of marijuana.

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