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This one has an interesting provenance. Signed for the niece of British comedian Ken Dodd. Ken took her backstage after one of the Beatles performances in Liverpool and the band signed the back of her postcard.

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Neil Aspinall strikes again!

Thanks for that as I also thought it might be Neil’s handy work. Someone is not going to be happy when they find out what they have purchased.

How much did it sell for?

FAN: "Mr.Aspinall...can I have The Beatles autographs?"

Neil" Sure love...there 'ya go!!!"

This was originally sold at Spencer’s in the UK in 1990 with an estimate of £150. It created some press even at that time. This just goes to show how good Neil’s autographs are. I suspect many similar items passed legitimately through UK auction houses who thought they were selling genuine sets of Beatles autographs. 

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It is interesting that Aspinall signed autographs for  celebrity friends and aquaintences of The Beatles. Ken Dodd was a huge Liverpool entertainer at the time.  I have also posted a set that was given to their press secretary Tony Barrow. He was given it for christmas from The Beatles with a a silver lighter in 1963.

That is interesting. In 1988 I bought a set of autographs from a relative of Ringo. I thought great provenance and these must be good. Wrong! All done by Neil.  I wonder if they did this sort of thing on purpose you know just for a laugh. Hmmmm

Both autograph sets posted are actually dedicated as from The Beatles. Maybe Neil was given the job by Epstein, so the boys would not be distracted or bothered.  To think many people out there not known to The Beatles have genuine autograph sets.

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