Help! Fans will need £50,000 for Fab Four jackets

The comedy adventure, directed by Richard Lester, sees the group come up against an evil cult and flee to the Austrian Alps. The jackets were worn in the Alps and also feature on the album cover of the soundtrack and are expected to sell for in excess of £50,000.

They have come from the private collection of Lester, 82, who directed The Beatles’ first film A Hard Day’s Night as well as Help!

Auctioneer Paul Fairweather said: “As Beatles clothing goes, these have got to be amongst the Holy Grail.”

The sale is part of an auction of more than 200 lots of rare Beatles memorabilia on March 20 at the Adelphi Hotel in Liverpool.