The Beatles' 'rare pic' without Ringo Starr set for auction

The Beatles rare picture including John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Pete Best and excluding Ringo Starr is up for sale that could fetch around 1,000 pounds.

The picture, taken at Liverpool's Cavern Club 1961 was clicked a year before Pete Best was replaced by Ringo Starr, the Mirror reported.

Stephen Bailey, manager of The Beatles Shop in Liverpool asserted that the memorabilia sale would includes a series of negatives brought into the Mathew Street store by a man who casually told him that his father was a professional photographer and these might be of interest to Bailey.

Bailey added that there will be 330 lots at the auction that would include rare first, second and third editions of the legendary Merseybeat magazine, published in 1961.