AUTOGRAPHS
ITEM # : AA085
PRICE : $13,750

S O L D !!
12/28/09
 

 

RARE OCTOBER 1962 1ST ISSUE
5¾" x  3½"  VERTICAL
PARLOPHONE  RECORDS
PROMOTIONAL PHOTOCARD
AUTOGRAPHED ON REVERSE BY

THURSDAY 24 JANUARY 1963
ASSEMBLY HALL, HIGH STREET, MOLD, FLINTSHIRE

In October of 1962, when The Beatles released
their first single "Love Me Do", their new record company,
Parlophone Records produced a small quantity
of promotional photocards in 2 formats -
a horizontal and a vertical, both with pictures being shot
by Dezo HoffmanN while The Beatles were in the studio :

Almost all of these cards were signed on the reverse,
because there was very little light area on the
front of the cards for thEM TO SIGN.

OFFERED HERE IS A VERY EARLY SET OF 1962 SIGNATURES,
OBTAINED ON THURSDAY 24 JANUARY 1963 AT
ASSEMBLY HALL, HIGH STREET, MOLD, FLINTSHIRE,
AUTOGRAPHED ON THE REVERSE OF
THE VERTICAL PHOTOCARD VARIATION :

THE SIGNATURES ON THIS 5¾" x  3½" PHOTOCARD ARE
ABSOLUTELY STRIKING AND HAVE BEEN BEAUTIFULLY PRESERVED
OVER THE YEARS, AND GRADED AS NEAR MINT.
THEY REMAIN DARK, BOLD AND VERY CRISP,
WITH GEORGE SIGNING IN BLACK BALLPOINT, WHILE
JOHN, RINGO AND PAUL SIGNING IN BLUE BALLPOINT PEN.
IN ADDITION, GEORGE AND PAUL HAVE
ADDED "XX" AND "XXX" FOLLOWING THEIR SIGNATURES.
THE SCAN DOES NOT REALLY DISPLAY THE CLARITY AND
BRILLIANCE OF THE AUTOGRAPHS,
FOR THEY SIMPLY JUMP OFF THE CARD.
NOTICE THE EARLY STYLES OF GEORGE AND JOHN :

BEFORE SETTING OFF TO WALES FOR THIS ENGAGEMENT
AT ASSEMBLY HALL IN MOLD, THE BEATLES MADE A PERSONAL APPEARANCE
AT NEMS' CENTRAL LIVERPOOL RECORD STORE, SIGNING COPIES OF THEIR
PLEASE PLEASE ME  SINGLE AND GIVING A BRIEF ACOUSTIC PERFORMANCE
FROM THE FOOT OF THE STAIRCASE LEADING FROM THE
GROUND FLOOR (POPULAR RECORDS) TO THE FIRST FLOOR
(CLASSICAL RECORDS, TELEVISION, RADIO AND RECORDING EQUIPMENT).
HERE IS THE PHOTO FROM THIS EVENT,
AND THE VERY DAY THAT THIS PARLOPHONE CARD WAS SIGNED :

THIS HISTORIC FIRST ISSUE PARLOPHONE PROMO CARD
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 21½" X 11".
THE FRONT DISPLAYS THE SIGNED SIDE OF THE CARD,
AND WINDOWED IN ABOVE IT IS A PROFESSIONAL
PHOTOGRAPHIC "GLOSSY"  5" X 7" COMPLETE ENLARGEMENT
OF THE FRONT PHOTO SIDE OF THE ORIGINAL PARLOPHONE CARD.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE INTEGRITY OF  THE SIGNED CARD 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
FRONT PHOTO SIDE OF THE PARLOPHONE CARD :

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

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