SOLO AUTOGRAPHS
ITEM # : SOA013
PRICE : $9,500

ORIGINAL 8½" X 11"
AFTRA PENSION FUND
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TELEVISION AND RADIO ARTISTS
DESIGNATION OF BENEFICIARY FORM

FILLED OUT AND SIGNED BY
PAUL McCARTNEY

OFFERED HERE IS A DOCUMENT THAT IS TRULY QUITE UNIQUE
AND THE VERY FIRST OF ITS KIND TO HAVE EVER SURFACED
IN THE FIELD OF BEATLES SIGNED MATERIAL.

EXECUTED DURING THE HEIGHT OF BEATLEMANIA IN LATE FEBRUARY 1965,
PAUL McCARTNEY TOOK THE TIME TO FILL OUT AND SIGN THIS
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TELEVISION AND RADIO ARTISTS
PENSION FUND 'DESIGNATION OF BENEFICIARY' FORM.
THE BEATLES NEEDED TO BE MEMBERS OF 'AFTRA' DUE TO THEIR
PERFORMANCES ON TELEVISION AND RADIO IN THE UNITED STATES.

THE FORM IS DATED "22 FEBRUARY 1965" IN BLACK FELT TIP
IN ANOTHER HAND, PRESUMABLY SECRETARIAL TO BRIAN EPSTEIN.
THE FORM ORIGINALLY EMANATED FROM THE OFFICES OF
"c/o NEMS ENTERPRISES, 5/6 ARGYLL STREET, LONDON", AND
MAILED TO NEW YORK FOR FILING. THIS ALL TRANSPIRED JUST PRIOR
TO THE BEATLES LEAVING LONDON FOR THE BAHAMAS TO BEGIN
SHOOTING THEIR SECOND MOTION PICTURE "HELP!" ON FEBRUARY 23RD.
IT APPEARS PAUL WAS MAKING SURE YET ANOTHER AFFAIR
WAS ALL IN ORDER BEFORE HIS DEPARTURE.

IN BLUE BALLPOINT, PAUL NAMES HIS "DAD", "JAMES McCARTNEY"
AS THE BENEFICIARY AND "MICHAEL McCARTNEY" AS THE
ALTERNATIVE BENEFICIARY. PAUL WRITES IN "OUR KID"
THEN "(BROTHER)" AS THE RELATIONSHIP .  PAUL CHOOSES THE
BENEFITS TO BE PAID MONTHLY AND FOR "LIFE".
HE THEN SIGNS HIS NAME BEAUTIFULLY AND ADDS "R.I.P." -
OR "REST IN PEACE" BELOW HIS NAME.

'REMBRANDT',  BaskervYle Road, Heswell is the house which
Paul McCARTNEY  bought for his father Jim for £8,750 when he
returned from America after The Beatles' triumphant tour
of America in 1964. Compared with their small terraced house
in Forthlin Road, this five bedroomed detached house
was truly palatial. Jim McCARTNEY later moved to a bungalow
nearby and died in March 1976. 'Rembrandt' was bought
FROM his father by Paul and is still owned by him.
Now and then Paul STILL makes a secret visits THERE.

THIS ALL MAKES FOR AN EXTRAORDINARY AND PERSONAL DOCUMENT
THE LIKES OF WHICH HAS NEVER SURFACED AND GRADED
AS A SOLID AND STRONG VG++.  THE THREE ORIGINAL HORIZONTAL
FOLDS THAT WERE PROBABLY DONE WHEN MAILED, ARE HARDLY EVIDENT
FOR THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN STORED FLAT OVER THE PAST
40 PLUS YEARS. THERE ARE VERY SMALL TEARS NEAR THOSE THREE
HORIZONTAL FOLDS ALONG JUST NEAR THE EDGES OF THE DOCUMENT.
THREE INK BLOTCHES ARE EVIDENT ON THE FRONT AND TWO ON THE
BLANK BACK SIDE. THERE IS ALSO A SMALL ROUND WEAR HOLE IN
THE UPPER LEFT CORNER. THE OVERALL AGING AND SOILING IS LIGHT
THROUGHOUT AND ALL WEAR MENTIONED DOES NOT INTERFERE
WITH THE HAND-WRITING OR SIGNATURE OF PAUL McCARTNEY.

INCLUDED IS A LETTER OF PROVENANCE FROM THE FAMILY
OF THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF THE DOCUMENT.

ACCOMPANIED BY
LIFETIME LETTER OF AUTHENTICITY FROM
FAB 4 COLLECTIBLES

AN ADDITIONAL LETTER OF AUTHENTICITY
FROM WORLD RENOWNED BEATLES AUTOGRAPH EXPERT
FRANK CAIAZZO
WOULD BE AVAILABLE AT AN ADDITIONAL COST