Beatles signed

What are people's thoughts on this signed photo

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Permalink Reply by BallroomDays67 on January 10, 2025 at 10:52am

I totally get that, but in this case he’s going to the effort and expense of having the item restored. Obviously, it won’t be cheap. No, we’ll never know.

Permalink Reply by JK on January 10, 2025 at 11:40am

Yes, I think he was afraid of the possibility that the truth might not align with family lore.

He was totally unwilling to separate the acceptance that his father was where he claimed to be, and the healthy skepticism about the signatures' authenticity.

He refused to answer the question about whether or not his father actually witnessed the items being signed. He probably didn't know.

He claimed to have affidavits and witnesses, but of what? Proving that his father had a particular assignment, or that he witnessed the signing?

And another thing....why would he even have sought affidavits and witnesses unless maybe the authenticity had been questioned earlier?

I suspect we'll never know.

Permalink Reply by Doug James on January 10, 2025 at 1:32pm

And if the cards weren’t handed off to someone, then his father fabricated the story. 😎✌🏻

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Permalink Reply by HangingOnTheWall on January 10, 2025 at 10:15am

Look's like a Neil Aspinall special to me.

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Permalink Reply by Jim Cushman on January 10, 2025 at 10:22am

Neil Aspinall strikes again!

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on January 10, 2025 at 11:03am

Ballroom, I had the crazy notion of getting the thing authenticated first. I'm sure you did too. I wonder if our friend did have someone look at it, finally, just to shut us up. He has not posted that. There are countless threads where such a situation has popped up, and the OP says "I'll let you know..."...and we never hear from them again.

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Permalink Reply by BallroomDays67 on January 10, 2025 at 11:28am

I seriously doubt that he had anyone look at it. He was adamant that the issue had nothing to do with authentication. It could have been any artist. The fact that it’s the Beatles didn’t matter at all. It was simply about removing peel and stick laminate.

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on January 10, 2025 at 11:35am

That is another pertinent question he refused to answer if you recall - his example of a Butcher cover was perhaps apples and oranges - he would not clarify.

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Permalink Reply by crazyrabbits23 on January 10, 2025 at 11:36am

Honestly, you should send him a digest message with the links to the various Beatles threads that have come up just within the last two weeks -- most of them have been judged as fake by the members here.

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on January 10, 2025 at 11:43am

That would requite a listening ear. OP seemed closed.

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Permalink Reply by BallroomDays67 on January 10, 2025 at 12:09pm

I didn’t send him links, but I did express to him how often that happens. Eric is correct. His ears are closed. I explained the Neil Aspinall situation and asked if he was 100% certain that the Beatles signed four sets in his father’s presence. No answer.