Tony Hart auction reveals how his work on another BBC show years before inspired the Blue Peter Ship emblem
General view. Courtesy of Ewbanks Auctions.
LONDON
.- Copies of original 1950s designs for the Blue Peter ship emblem by TV artist and presenter Tony Hart will come to auction at Ewbanks in Surrey on January 29.
Consigned from the collection of Harts close friend and agent Roc Renals (1922-2014), the 55-lot sale is expected to raise close to £20,000. It also includes artwork and correspondence spanning the Vision On and Take Hart presenters career from the 1950s onwards, including superb ink and watercolour views of the Montserrat home and AIR studio of Renals friend, Beatles producer George Martin, not long before they were destroyed in a 1989 hurricane. The studios had hosted recording sessions for Paul McCartney, Michael Jackson, Rolling Stones and many other top stars.