Beatles Signed Autograph Page

This looks like a nice set of early Beatles autographs. Some condition issues and different coloured ink but otherwise not bad. Any other thoughts?

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on February 14, 2024 at 7:23am

I think this looks good.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on February 14, 2024 at 7:52am

The autographs look authentic but we need a better look at it. What's it signed on? The brown doesn't appear to be tape residue covering part of the signatures. It looks like they were signed on something that was then mounted on another piece of paper at a later date.

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on February 14, 2024 at 7:55am

I took that brown to be thin paper gummed tape - there seems to be a few small areas where the pen made a slight spot as the paper changed. What this was and why it was signed? No idea.

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Permalink Reply by Findbooks on February 14, 2024 at 8:04am

This just kind of jogged my memory of an Instagram clip I saw a few weeks ago or so where a lady - a minor celebrity herself (but I just don't remember who it was) - was explaining how, as a youngster, she had bumped into the Beatles in a shop. She approached Paul with a scrap of paper and asked for his autograph and he duly obliged, adding "Beatles" so that she would "remember" who he was. The lady asked Paul about the others who were each doing their own thing in the shop (was it a record or music shop?) and Paul then went round the others getting their signatures. She recalled that John grunted something and didn't even look up, just signed it and palmed it back. Paul actually said to her, "Oh don't mind him, he's always like that!"

Nice story and it would fit that example very nicely. May I ask what's the source?

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Permalink Reply by michelle on February 14, 2024 at 10:11am

Its being sold at a UK auction house that has ummm doesnt have the greatest of reputations for selling authentic items altho these autographs do look good. It already has a couple of bids on it

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Permalink Reply by fab432 on February 14, 2024 at 10:49am

The autographs are being sold at Ewbanks in the UK. The auction is tomorrow. Here is the description in the catalogue.

Autographs: The Beatles (1963) - Signed by all four on a small single leaf of paper, 7. 5 x 11cm, tipped-in on the front of a cream envelope, Paul McCartney (Beatles) and Ringo Starrs signatures written in blue ink, George Harrison and John Lennons signatures written in red ink; together with an accompanying handwritten note, undated, from Lesley in Rhyl, North Wales, Dear Rob, You once wrote to me and asked me to get you the autographs of the Beatles . . .they were at the Ritz in Rhyl on the 9th and 20th July and I went to see them. The manager, who is a friend of mine, got me their autographs so I thought Id let you have them, Love Lesley. (2)

Provenance: The Beatles performed at the Ritz Ballroom in Rhyl, for two consecutive nights, 19^th and 20th July 1963. They played two concerts on each day, both of which sold out well in advance. The ballroom, situated on the promenade in Rhyl, was destroyed by fire in 1968.