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Sir Paul McCartney needs no introduction. He's one of the best known and longest-established musicians on the planet, known the world over for his songwriting.
Now, the property where the Beatles legend first learned to play the guitar is going under the hammer.
43 Elswick Street in the Dingle area of Liverpool is not the house that Sir Paul grew up in, but instead belonged to the family of his childhood friend, Ian James.
The Liverpudlian musician has remembered first holding a guitar and learning his first chords at Ian's mid-terrace house, while it is also known he spent time listening to rock and roll records here, which ignited his passion for music.
‘The pair would meet here often with friends, to play guitar and to listen to rock and roll records by the likes of Little Richard, Fats Domino etc,’ the listing on Omega Auctions reads.
Sir Paul has said that Ian's guitar was the first he ever held. ‘It was also the guitar on which I learned my first chords, in his house at 43 Elswick Street,’ Sir Paul wrote, in a letter of authenticity when Ian sold the guitar to fund his retirement.
43 Elswick Street comes with cosy proportions; it is made up of two bedrooms, a bathroom upstairs and one toilet downstairs, with an enclosed porch opening into the living room space.
Bidding starts at £145,000 for those interested in owning this slice of Beatles history, with an estimated sale price of £150,000 - £170,000. The auction is set to finish on 26 October at 1pm.
