AUTOGRAPHS
ITEM # : AA075
PRICE : $13,500

 

 

7½" X  6" DEZO HOFFMANN "STAR PICS"
1963 PUBLICITY PHOTOGRAPH
AUTOGRAPHED BY
THE BEATLES
SIGNED 20 NOVEMBER 1963
ABC CINEMA, ARDWICK
MANCHESTER, ENGLAND


 

ON WEDNESDAY 20 NOVEMBER 1963, TWO DAYS BEFORE THEIR SECOND
PARLOPHONE ALBUM WITH THE BEATLES  WAS RELEASED
(AND HERE IN THE STATES PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY WAS ASSASSINATED),
THE BEATLES PERFORMED AT THE ABC CINEMA, ARDWICK IN MANCHESTER, ENGLAND.

IT WAS AT THIS VENUE WHERE THIS MOST GORGEOUS SET
OF BEATLES AUTOGRAPHS EMANATES, SIGNED ON THE REVERSE SIDE
OF A "STAR PICS" PUBLICITY PROMOTIONAL PHOTOGRAPH.
ISsued in 1963/64, this ORIGINAL Black & White 7½" X 6"
UK GLOSSY of the Group wAS taken by Dezo HoffmanN.
IT'S THE CLASSIC "STANDING POSE" FROM THAT INFAMOUS
JULY 1963 PHOTO SESSION AND WAS produced on HIGH QUALITY
GLOSSY PHOTO CARD. THIS PARTICULAR SHOT IS "STAR PICS# 585" :

THE SIGNATURES ON THE STARK WHITE BACKROUND OF THE PHOTO
ARE ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. OUR DIGITAL SCAN TRULY DOES NOT DO JUSTICE AS
TO VIEWING THE SET WITH YOUR OWN EYE. THE AUTOGRAPHS ARE WELL
PROPORTIONED AND STRIKINGLY CLEAR AND BRILLIANT :

JOHN, GEORGE AND RINGO HAVE SIGNED IN DARK BLUE BALLPOINT,
WHILE PAUL SIGNED IN A LIGHTER SHADE OF BLUE BALLPOINT -
AND AS A SPECIAL TOUCH HAS ADDED
"BEST WISHES" BEFORE HIS SIGNATURE.

THE CONDITION OF THIS PIECE IS
SIMPLY AMAZING TO SAY THE LEAST. NO RIPS, NO TEARS.
THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF STAINING OR FOXING AT ALL !
IT HAS BEEN PROPERLY STORED & WELL-PRESERVED OVER THE YEARS.

AS AN ADDED HISTORICAL SIDE NOTE TO THE GROUP'S PERFORMANCE
AT THE ABC CINEMA ARDWICK, THE BEATLES PERMITTED PATHE' NEWS
AND GRANADA TV TO FILM TWO SONGS FROM THEIR SHOW.
PATHE' SHOT BACKSTAGE SEQUENCES, SCENES OF THE HYSTERICAL AUDIENCE
AND TYPICALLY PUN-FILLED COMMENTARY FOR A DOCUMENTARY
ENTITLED THE BEATLES COME TO TOWN,  DISTRIBUTED AROUND SELECTED
BRITISH CINEMAS FOR A WEEK STARTING 22 DECEMBER.
MORE IMPORTANT, GRANADA CONDUCTED AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
IN WHICH THE BEATLES TALKED OF THEIR FIRST HISTORICAL
U.S. VISIT SET FOR FEBRUARY 1964, LESS THAN JUST TWO MONTHS AWAY !

THIS TERRIFIC SIGNED "STAR PICS" PHOTO AUTOGRAPH SET HAS BEEN
PROFESSIONALLY MATTED AND FRAMED IN CLASSY BLACK WOOD
WITH A RICH AND LUXURIOUS "INDIGO"  BLUE WITH SAME COLOR FLOORING,
WITH OVERALL DIMENSIONS OF 19½" X 14". THE FRONT DISPLAYS THE
SIGNED SIDE OF THE PHOTO, AND WINDOWED IN ABOVE IT IS A QUALITY
LASER COPY OF THE DEZO HOFFMANN PHOTO FROM TAKEN FROM THE FRONT.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE INTEGRITY OF  THE SIGNED PHOTO HAS BEEN
RESPECTED AND IS FULLY EXPOSED WITHOUT MATTING CUTTING OFF THE EDGES.
transparent photograph corner holders ARE UTILIZED to hold IT In place  : 

THE BACK SIDE OF THE FRAME EXPOSES THE ACTUAL
"STAR PICS" PHOTOGRAPH :

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

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