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Beatles Christmas Card
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I recently acquired a vintage Beatles Christmas card from the estate of Marie Lacey, an avid Beatles fan and amateur photographer who had a personal connection to Paul McCartney during the Wings era.…Continue
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"I found this yesterday, which definitely supports the fan created artwork theory. It also makes me think Rosie, Phil, and Little John were London based fans that Marie interacted with, as they're mentioned in this card as well. "
"This is the front of the card, which is what you're seeing bleed through in yellow. "
"It does indeed. Good catch."
"Good theory. I think something like that is what happened.
I also noticed that the yellow apple on the left has the recipient's name (in reverse). "
"It looks like someone made up their own elaborate Christmas card post-Beatles, and added their child “Little John” as the Fifth Beatle. Is that possible?"
"I think this could have been a record flexi that was never produced as a sound card. That’s definitely a spindle hole in the middle of the right page."
"Once I started comparing them to known genuine signatures, that was my thought as well, but I have almost no experience with these so I wanted to check before doing anything else. The fact that she did have other things that Paul had signed for her…"
"It's not. It's a square paper decal with the faces and text prefessionally printed on it. It's cut out around the inner edge, and the apple in the center is also hand drawn in felt pen. I did a search for that image with the faces…"
"Looks like a fan signed the card --- none of the Beatles did. "
"Is the right side of that card a 45 RPM record? There seems to be a hole in the middle.
I've seen similar cardboard 45s. There would, of course, need to be a clear plastic coating with grooves on it."
"Thank you for the reply. No need to be sorry. I have no investment, and minimal financial interest if it ends up having any value. I am just trying to determine if it should be headed to the authenticator, or the recycling bin. "
"I'm very sorry but the inside of the card, in the main photo above, does not appear authentic to me. Doesn't look secretarial to me either."
Beatles Christmas Card
I recently acquired a vintage Beatles Christmas card from the estate of Marie Lacey, an avid Beatles fan and amateur photographer who had a personal connection to Paul McCartney during the Wings era. (You can google her name to see how involved she was) I am a dealer, but in this case, I am helping a family friend clear out her house.Marie had visited McCartney's home on several occasions and had reportedly been given permission to photograph his children. I also have the negatives to these…See More
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