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Photographer Mike Mitchell poses with his previously unseen photographs of the first US performance of The Beatles at the Washington Coliseum in 1964 during the press view of the forthcoming sale of 'The Beatles Illuminated: The Discovered Works of Mike Mitchell' in central London, on June 10, 2011. The photographs will be auctioned in New York on July 20, 2011. AFP PHOTO / CARL COURT (Photo credit should read CARL COURT/AFP/Getty Images)

Photographer Mike Mitchell poses with his previously unseen photographs of the first US performance of The Beatles at the Washington Coliseum in 1964 during the press view of the forthcoming sale of 'The Beatles Illuminated: The Discovered Works of Mike Mitchell' in central London, on June 10, 2011. The photographs will be auctioned in New York on July 20, 2011. AFP PHOTO / CARL COURT (Photo credit should read CARL COURT/AFP/Getty Images)