Richard Winterton Auctioneers
Lot 949A
THE BEATLES AUTOGRAPHS AND OTHER POP MEMORABILIA, ETC, an autograph book containing the autographs of all four of The Beatles, inscribed in blue ink 'To Pat love from John Lennon XXX', the other three have written their names in pencil, the album has many empty pages but does include other autographs including The Beatmen of Nottingham and inscriptions from friends and relatives, the memorabilia includes two Parlophone Records postcards of The Beatles, a leaflet for Theatre Royal, Nottingham with The Bachelors as the headline act, an autographed Decca postcard of The Bachelors, a Decca postcard of Elaine & Derek, a photograph of The Big Three, the back inscribed 'Paul, Faron, Paddy, John Big 3 at Co-op' and a Stanley Matthews postcard promoting Stanley Matthews football boots at the Co-operative Society, the Beatles signatures were collected on their visit to the Elizabethan Ballroom on the top floor of the Co-Op in Upper Parliament Street, Nottingham on 7th March 1963, Nottingham Co-op’s chief security manager John Florio was in the perfect position to chat to the Fab Four when they arrived, he, wife Fay and their 13-year-old daughter Patricia were at the concert, met The Beatles and obtained their signatures across two pages of Patricia’s autograph book, they are offered for sale by a direct descendant (Parcel) (Condition Report: the album is in fairly good condition and all pages seem intact although the stringing is a little loose, George Harrison's autograph is on the opposite page to the other three
