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LaFont 'St. Emilion'
Vintage 1964 "Grand Vin" Bordeaux
Wine Bottle

LABEL SIGNED BY
THE BEATLES
DURING BACKSTAGE CELEBRATION AT
THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1964
 

ON SUNDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 9, 1964,
THE BEATLES PERFORMED ON THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW
BEFORE A THEN-RECORD AMERICAN TELEVISION AUDIENCE
OF OVER 73 MILLION PEOPLE. CBS RECEIVED OVER 50,000 REQUESTS FOR TICKETS
TO THE SHOW, AND ONLY A LUCKY 1,500 GOT TO SEE THEIR HEROES IN PERSON.
FOR MANY WHO WATCHED THE EVENT, THE SOUND AND IMAGES OF THE GROUP'S
PERFORMANCE WAS FOREVER EMBEDDED IN THEIR MINDS, ALONG WITH
MEMORIES OF WHERE THEY WERE WHEN PRESIDENT KENNEDY WAS
ASSASSINATED AND WHEN MAN FIRST WALKED ON THE MOON.

FEBRUARY 9, 1964.
THIS WAS THE DAY THE BEATLES AND ALL OF AMERICA
HAD BEEN WAITING FOR. IT WAS INDEED "THE BIG TIME" . . .
OR AS ED SULLIVAN WOULD SAY . . . "THE REEEALLY BIG SHEW".
THE BEATLES HAD MADE IT TO THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW -
AND WOULD BE TELECAST LIVE FROM COAST TO COAST
WITH AMERICA'S FAVORITE HOST !

THE BEATLES PERFORMED FIVE SONGS, THREE AT THE BEGINNING OF
THE SHOW, 'ALL MY LOVING', 'TILL THERE WAS YOU',  AND "SHE LOVES YOU',
AND TWO IN THE SECOND-HALF IN A DIFFERENT STAGE SETTING,
'I SAW HER STANDING THERE'  AND 'i WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND'.
IT WAS A DAUNTING YET REMARKABLY CONFIDENT PERFORMANCE.

APART FROM THE BEATLES, THIS HISTORIC EDITION OF THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW
ALSO FEATURED MAGICIAN FRED KAPS (TAPED PERFORMANCE TO ALLOW
TIME FOR AN EXTENSIVE SET CHANGE AFTER THE BEATLES FIRST SEGMENT),
THE CAST OF THE BROADWAY SHOW OLIVER !  ,  LED BY SINGER GEORGIA BROWN
AND FUTURE MONKEE   DAVY JONES.  ALSO, IMPRESSIONIST FRANK GORSHIN,
SINGER/BANJOIST TESSIE O'SHEA, THE COMEDY TEAM OF McCALL & BRILL,
and finally, wells & the four fays,  a novelty acrobatics act.

AT THE END OF THE SHOW, AND AFTER THE BEATLES COOLED DOWN IN
THEIR DRESSING ROOM, THE GROUP ATTENDED A BACKSTAGE CELEBRATION
WHICH INCLUDED MOST OF THE ACTS WHO HAD APPEARED THAT EVENING.
IT WAS AT THIS CELEBRATION, WHERE THIS MOST prestigious piece
of beatles SIGNED memorabilia emanates -
and fab 4 collectibles is most proud AND HONORED to have acquired.

the label on this half bottle (professionally known as a "split" size),
which contained a YOUNG 1964 vintage french bordeaux,
LaFont  'St. Emilion',  "Grand Vin" ,
was autographed by the beatles for one of the acts, who had also made
their television debut on the ed sullivan show   that night !!
the family of this LATE performer for whom the bottle was signed,
has respectfully requested they REMAIN anonymous.

THis PARTICULAR LEVEL OF THE 1964 VINTAGE OF BORDEAUX,
WAS THE TYPE OF BORDEAUX GRAPE THAT WAS MARKETED AND BOTTLED FOR
IMMEDIATE CONSUMPTION. IT WAS RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC SHORTLY
FOLLOWING IT'S HARVEST AND WAS BOTTLED AT THE END OF 1963 & BEGINNING OF 1964.
THE FAMILY OF THE ENTERTAINER FOR WHOM THIS LABEL WAS SIGNED,
HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE OF WHO DRANK THE WINE THAT EVENING, YET THE
ORIGINAL CORK WAS RE-INSERTED AND REMAINS IN THE BOTTLE TO THIS DAY !

as a historical side note & perhaps coincidence that relates to this wine,
THE BEATLES were in PARIS, FRANCE FROM 15 JANUARY THROUGH 5 FEBRUARY 1964,
PERFORMING NUMEROUS SHOWS THERE. IT WAS HERE IN PARIS THAT THE BEATLES LEARNED THAT
I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND  WENT TO NUMBER ONE STATUS IN AMERICA.
ALTHOUGH ALREADY BOOKED ON THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW FOR FEBRUARY 9,
"IT WAS HANDY HAVING A NUMBER ONE" AS GEORGE SAID !!

the BEATLES HAD SIGNED THE LABEL IN MATCHING, BOLD, BLACK BALLPOINT,
WITH PAUL ADDING 'CONGRATULATIONS' ABOVE HIS SIGNATURE -
A KIND SENTIMENT BEING SENT FROM THE BEATLES
TO THE ENTERTAINER WHO HAD ALSO MADE THEIR TELEVISION DEBUT.

THE CONDITION OF THIS MAJESTIC PIECE IS IN MOST EXCELLENT CONDITION,
WITH VERY MINIMAL WEAR TO THE LABEL, AS DEPICTED IN OUR IMAGES.

THE SIGNATURES HAVE NOT FADED OVER THE COURSE
OF TIME AND REMAIN CRISP AND DARK.

OUR PHOTOS DO NOT DEPICT
THE TRUE & LASTING BEAUTY OF THEM. IN PERSON, THEY ARE MAJESTIC !

 THIS PHENOMENAL AUTOGRAPH SET HAS BEEN PROFESSIONALLY
FRAMED FEATURING TWO LARGE PHOTOGRAPHS
TAKEN DURING THAT HISTORICAL WEEKEND AT "STUDIO 50"
LOCATED AT BROADWAY & 53RD STREET -
NOW RENAMED'THE ED SULLIVAN THEATRE'  :

CAREFULLY CONSTRUCTED TO MUSEUM QUALITY STANDARDS, IT IS MATTED IN A
PLUSH, RICH VELVET "BORDEAUX" RED.  THE FRAME ITSELF IS DARK MAHOGANY
AND HIGHLIGHTED WITH ORNATE DETAILS :

THE SIGNED WINE BOTTLE IS INSET INTO ITS OWN COMPARTMENT WINDOW,
SAFELY SECURED IN PLACE WITH SILICONE APPLIED TO THE BACK OF THE BOTTLE.
OVERALL DIMENSIONS OF THE FRAME IS 42" X 33½" .

ACCOMPANIED BY
LIFETIME LETTER OF AUTHENTICITY FROM
FRANK CAIAZZO & FAB 4 COLLECTIBLES

ACCORDING TO FRANK CAIAZZO, THE WORLD'S MOST RESPECTED
AND LEADING EXPERT IN BEATLES AUTOGRAPHS,
" WINE BOTTLES SIGNED BY THE BEATLES ARE VERY RARE,
WITH ONLY ONE OTHER SURFACING TO DATE, AND THE FACT THAT THIS ONE
WAS SIGNED ON WHAT IS ARGUABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT NIGHT
IN ROCK & ROLL HISTORY, BY THE BAND WHO MADE THAT NIGHT SO HISTORIC,
MAKES THIS A VERY SPECIAL BEATLES COLLECTIBLE INDEED. "

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