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A Beatles fan snapped up Paul McCartney's childhood home in just six minutes when it went up for auction.

Macca's old home was auctioned off in the Cavern Club in Liverpool, where the Beatles made their name in the early 1960s.

And while money can't buy you love, £150,000 can buy you the former home of the Fab Four's mop topped bass player.

Our sister paper the Liverpool Echo reports that Macca’s childhood home, 72 Western Avenue, Speke, went for more than double the average price for a property on the same road.

The buyer of the property, who did not want to be named, said he was “delighted” to have won the sale.

(Image: Liverpool Echo)

Auctioneer Andrew Brown, of Countrywide Property, opened the auction by telling the room: “Tonight you are bidding on a part of Liverpool’s National Heritage. The property of Sir Paul McCartney is iconic to this city.”

The bidding opened at £100,000 and within minutes rose to £150,000, which was the winning bid.

Stephen Giddins, regional sales director of estate agent Entwistle Green, said: “We are delighted for our client as we were consciously aware that there was a lot of interest in the property and we wanted to ensure that this translated into achieving the best price possible for them.”

Mr Brown said: “We are delighted to have sold such an iconic piece of The Beatles and Liverpool’s history. All of the Beatles properties we’ve sold have gone to real Beatles fans, which is great. The Beatles are such a big part of not only Liverpool culture but British culture too.”

Peter Thompson, selling the property, said he is happy with the sale and hopes the new owners enjoy it as much as he did.

There were at least two bidders calling from overseas hoping to win the house.

In October 2013, John Lennon’s childhood home at 9 Newcastle Road in Wavertree, sold at auction for £480,000 and last October George Harrison’s former home 26 Upton Green, in Speke, where he lived from 1949 until the early sixties, sold for £156,000.