Ammon News - Recently found legal documents that cast new light on the demise of The Beatles on Thursday sold under the hammer for £9,000 ($11,400), UK auction house Dawsons said.

The documents were snapped up by a private buyer for nearly double their estimated price of £5,000.

They shed light on the numerous convoluted legal battles weighing heavily on the band at a time when they were also at odds over creative differences, the strain of stardom and John Lennon's girlfriend Yoko Ono.

Discovered in a cupboard where they had been stored since the 1970s, the documents include copies of The Beatles adviser's minutes of meetings, legal writs and a copy of the band's 1967 Original Deed of Partnership.

They show that after manager Brian Epstein died in 1967, the band realised that money was unaccounted for and that they were being pursued by the tax authorities.

Another damaging legal battle erupted when Paul McCartney opposed the decision by other band members to hire Allen Klein as their new manager.

The uncovered stash of files document the subsequent 1970 High Court battle launched by McCartney against the band in London, which exposed Klein's mismanagement.

"It would be almost impossible to exaggerate the actual complexity of the various legal arrangements which have been entered into by Messrs. Lennon, McCartney, (George) Harrison, and Starkey (Ringo Starr)," said notes on one docume

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