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\n\tThe planned auction of a treasure trove of Oasis<\/a> live recordings this weekend has been definitely (not maybe) suspended. The BBC describes the lot as containing 63 live shows recorded and more than 100 hours of the Gallaghers & friends rehearsing in the Nineties. Littleton Auctions in England valued the collection at between \u00a31.2 million and \u00a31.6 million ($1.59 million to $2.12 million). But the band filed a legal motion to stop the sale, according to the BBC<\/a>.<\/p>\n \n\tSound engineer Huw Richards, whom the band employed from the release of their 1994 debut until 2001, recorded the show. Richards\u2019 son, Owain, had brought the recordings to auction.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cIt is true that Oasis have sued me and my father to try to prevent the auction of the tapes made by my father many years ago,\u201d Owain told the BBC. \u201cWe have agreed to postpone the auction [of the tapes] to enable the legal dispute to be resolved either by litigation or otherwise in an orderly way.\u201d (Reps for Oasis did not immediately respond to Rolling Stone\u2019s <\/em>request for comment.)<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cLittleton Auctions has always sought to conduct its sales professionally, transparently and responsibly,\u201d Benjamin Homer, the auction house\u2019s managing director, tells Rolling Stone<\/em>. \u201cFollowing legal proceedings relating to one lot, the Oasis tapes have been withdrawn from the auction. \u2026 As the matter remains the subject of ongoing legal proceedings, it would not be appropriate for us to comment further.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tAlthough the tapes won\u2019t be part of the planned auction, Littleton is going forward with selling previously unpublished photos of the band, studio material, set lists, a tour parka, instruments the band owned, and other items.<\/p>\n