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Beatles full signed color photo

Hello,

I bought this a few days ago in an auction.

It is an full color intact pull-out photo included in an 1964 UK-magazine called „Scream“.

I‘m very interested to know what you think about it, thank you.

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Permalink Reply by BallroomDays67 on April 19, 2024 at 9:22am

Here’s a portion of the signed “Meet the Beatles” that was mentioned earlier in the discussion.

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Permalink Reply by Mark Saunders on April 19, 2024 at 10:22am

I don’t like that either. I don’t know. Maybe I’m paranoid

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Permalink Reply by Thorsten Knublauch on April 19, 2024 at 10:30am

The sigs are identical to the postcard.

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Permalink Reply by BallroomDays67 on April 19, 2024 at 10:45am

They do look very similar, except the “NEY” portion of Paul’s signature on the postcard is missing the “E” and looks oddly and carefully drawn.

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on April 19, 2024 at 10:51am

No, not exactly - look at the lean of the "l" in Paul. Postcard shows a lean to the right on that "l", mirroring the "t" in McCartney. The other image Ballroom showed, the LP, shows a vertical "l". I have not looked at the others yet.

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Permalink Reply by Thorsten Knublauch on April 19, 2024 at 10:54am

I mean identical in context of small ai generated variations...

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on April 19, 2024 at 11:19am

Thanks for clarifying Thorsten.

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Permalink Reply by conker on April 19, 2024 at 1:42pm

Meet the Beatles LP sketches me out the most out of anything in this thread

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Permalink Reply by BallroomDays67 on April 20, 2024 at 11:57am

I’d be interested to know what others think about this Miami postcard, particularly the “NEY” portion of the Macca signature.

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Permalink Reply by a pug called eva on April 19, 2024 at 10:22am

Personally I would cancel the purchase. I'm actually amazed that the auction house is allowing this and I would grab their offer with both hands. I didn't say this before but I don't actually think $15,000 (incl. premiums) is all that cheap for a signed centerfold. Most buyers want signed photographs that are easy to display. Having to take the magazine apart or having to frame the whole magazine is not ideal. On top of that printed photographs like this one will fade at the faintest hint of sunlight.

As Terrier said, it should be possible to re-sell the magazine if it has 2.-3 full COAs but I wouldn't take the risk.

Finally, I was also going to suggest offering the magazine to Tracks or Frank. Maybe a daft idea as they would have seen it at the auction but if they wouldn't make an offer you can be pretty sure that it is a dubious item.

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Permalink Reply by a pug called eva on April 19, 2024 at 10:49am

I forgot to mention that bigger is not always better. I think most collectors want framed items that are compact and easy to handle. Matted and framed I would think this set of autographs would be pretty large.

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Permalink Reply by Martin Peters on April 19, 2024 at 12:08pm

I doubt there are many, if any, Beatles collectors that wouldn't be ecstatic to own this set, regardless of it's size, if the signatures are genuine. If authentic, this would rank up there with some of the nicest signed items in existance, in my opinion. It is also my opinion that I would return this item if the opportunity to do so is still there.