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Beatles set with Christie's letter

This set is currently at auction in the UK. What do folks make of it?

It comes with a letter from Christie's confirming that the autographs sold in one of their auctions circa 2008 - as we know this certainly doesn't ensure the authenticity of the autographs.

A couple of things don't look quite right to me, but I'm very interested to hear others thoughts.

Tags: Beatles, Fab, Four, George, Harrison, John, Lennon, McCartney, Paul, Ringo, More…Starr, The

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Permalink Reply by fab432 on October 26, 2020 at 8:23pm

Looks to be in the hand of road manager Neil Aspinall

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Permalink Reply by Autographtastic on October 27, 2020 at 6:21am

To me, it's definitely not an Aspinall set. The McCartney concerns me the most, especially the 'rtn' section which appears atypical. The fact that it's written in another pen also suggest it was added at different time to the others. Additionally, the 'e' in Lennon almost appears to have been added after the the signature was completed.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on October 26, 2020 at 9:00pm

It's definitely not real IMO. I think Christie's will back it up, at least to the original owner.

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on October 26, 2020 at 11:41pm

Very unreal. To quote Pink Floyd's Us and Them, it is too "short sharp & shock"

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Permalink Reply by Beatleworld on October 27, 2020 at 4:58am

These are all 100% authentic, absolutely no issue with any of the signatures.

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Permalink Reply by Jim Cushman on October 27, 2020 at 5:08am

Authentic...IMO

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Permalink Reply by Keithspoon1978 on October 27, 2020 at 5:31am

Genuine, Beatles inscription by George.

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Permalink Reply by Autographtastic on October 27, 2020 at 6:25am

It's a tough one - despite what I said about the Lennon, my gut tells me he, George and Ringo are okay. It's just the Macca I'm not sold on .....

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on October 27, 2020 at 6:54am

Yeah, this is a strange set. I was wrong saying they were all bad. I think they’re all good, but adding the E to Lennon bothered me and Paul has spots too. Jumped the gun on this.