They were awards given to The Beatles at the peak of their fame - but have been out of sight for 60 years.
Now the gongs, including one for their 1966 smash hit Paperback Writer - a number one in both the UK and US charts - are to go under the hammer this coming week.
The commemorative discs are described as 'real rarities' and experts predict they'll be a hit with collectors - each selling for over £10,000.
The 7-inch silver disc for Paperback Writer was presented to the band by a weekly music paper in 1966 after the single's huge success.
The catalogue description released by Surrey-based Ewbanks Auctioneers states: 'The Beatles received this award for the hit single 'Paperback Writer' released on the Parlophone label 10th June 1966, from the (then) prominent British weekly music paper 'Disc' (later Disc and Music Echo).'
Ewbanks said the award came 'at a pivotal point in the band's career, marking the end of live shows and touring and becoming a more experimental studio based creative powerhouse, a time when Brian Epstein's influence was fading, Beatle Boots, suits and head shaking were all in the past'. However, it was 'a time that many consider the peak of their artistic career'.
The mounted award is estimated to fetch up to £10,000.
The second award, a mounted gold disc, was given by the Recording Industry Association of America, which represented major US record labels.
The gold disc was handed out in recognition of the success of Meet The Beatles!, the US title for the first Beatles album, released on the Capitol Records label in 1964 and which reached No.1 for 11 consecutive weeks.
Millions of Americans rushed out to buy the album after seeing the band on the epoch-making Ed Sullivan Show.
The award, estimated to sell for up to £12,000, commemorates 'The Sale Of More Than One Million Dollars Worth Of The Capitol Records Long-Playing Record Album 'Meet The Beatles!'
Roag Best, half-brother of Pete Best, drummer for the Beatles in their early years between 1960 and 1962, and who advises The Beatles Museum in Liverpool, believes the newly unearthed awards will be a hit with collectors.
He said: 'These are awards hidden away for years. Collectors will like them for sure.'
Auctioneer Andrew Ewbank said: 'Beatles memorabilia is more sought after than that of any other rock and pop band.
'These awards are real rarities and are associated with key moments in the Band's early years.
'Paperback writer is considered to be one of their greatest hits, so this is especially significant.'
The Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show in February 1964, as the band took US by storm
Ewbanks said it was unable to reveal what had happened to the two awards in the intervening decades, who had care of them, or the identity of the seller.
The auction, on Thursday, also includes more than 300 pages of official documents detailing the break-up of the band.
The documents, showing how Paul McCartney was pitted against his fellow band members in the famous 1970-71 legal action as the band broke up, reveal numerous fascinating details
The portfolio, originally compiled by The Beatles' advisors and legal representatives, relates to the high-profile 1970s London High Court case during which McCartney applied to dissolve the musicians' business partnership.
Paul McCartney had disagreed very strongly with John, George, and Ringo over the appointment of Allen Klein, who died in 2009, as a replacement manager for The Beatles following Brian Epstein's death in 1967.
Concerned by Klein's lack of financial management, Paul employed his own accountants who, with the legal representatives, had begun to uncover a trail of confusion and lack of accountability on the part of the group's management.
The copy documents recorded events in the courtroom, minutes of meetings between the legal and financial representatives of all parties, and detailed the numerous factors attributed to the break-up, including the dispute over Klein. McCartney sought to remove Klein as manager, and sue his fellow group members and Apple Corp.
Included within the bundle of copy documents is a nine-page copy of the original 1967 Deed of Partnership between The Beatles Limited of 23 Albemarle Street, London, with facsimile signatures of the four Beatles to pages 8-9, noted in a later document as the first written instrument of partnership there had been.
Copies of Writs also appear, as issued to John Ono Lennon of Tittenhurst Park, Ascot, (sued as John Winston Lennon, now at The Regency Hotel, New York, USA), George Harrison of Friar Park, Henley-On Thames, Richard Starkey of Round Hill. Highgate, London., and Apple Corps of 3 Savile Row., London., W1.
Minutes of meetings recorded by the representing lawyers and advisors as they unravelled the complex affairs of The Beatles shed light on the mess that the band found themselves in.
One dispute arose over who was paying for Apple Studios; Maclen Music [John and Paul's separate joint company] or Apple Records? The original contract was for Maclen to pay for the first studio when Paul and John were most likely to use it - '. . . Now there are two studios . . . Paul knows nothing of the new one'.
An ABKO Industries Inc. meeting at 3 Saville Row, on April 22, 1971, had a tense and heated atmosphere when discussions included suggestions that George Harrison sell out his interest in Apple and Paul McCartney be expelled from the partnership . . . 'Between 3 and 4pm. The three Beatles, Howard and Klein returned to Savile Row . . . They were very depressed.'
A Draft Order, dated January 26, 1971, ordered Klein to deal chronologically with his introduction to the Beatles in Jan/Feb 1969 . . . and give a full record of all sums received by ABKO or himself in respect of the Beatles and explain ways in which McCartney had benefitted from his intervention.
The documents also reveal that when Pete Best left the group and Ringo Starr joined, no written agreement was recorded or filed.
The documents also show the band needed to agree what steps to take to protect The Beatles Limited and the individual group members when it came to past and future tax liabilities and their royalties for film and music rights.
A Deed of Partnership between band members is included in the papers being auctioned
Minutes of a meeting between legal representatives discussing The Beatles' tax affairs in 1971
And they addressed Ringo Starr's disagreements pertaining to The White Album when he felt so alienated that he temporarily left the band.
Further tensions and disputes between The Beatles over film rights and clips used for Hey Jude, Revolution, and Magical Mystery Tour also had to be sorted out.
Meanwhile Paul McCartney's dispute relating to the film and record release of Let It Be was also an issue. Most worrying of all to the lawyers at the time, however, was Allen Klein and his company ABKCO Music and Records Inc.'s chronic failure to produce accounts now being demanded by the Inland Revenue.
Comments in the minutes also addressed the extraordinary complex legal arrangements that among other concerns gave rise to the question '...where is the money?'
They also provide a fascinating first-hand account of the legal challenges each of The Beatles faced after the death of their manager Brian Epstein in 1967.
Mr Ewbank said: 'This is an extraordinary record of the greatest rock and pop band ever.
'It is particularly important in two ways: in recording the fall-out that was commonplace in the early days of modern music when musicians were naïve about business and often exploited by those who managed them; and in providing a highly reliable detailed source of the dynamics within The Beatles and what drove them. As such, these are vital historical documents.'
The documents are being sold as a single lot with an estimate of £3,000-5,000.