AUTOGRAPHS
ITEM # : AA087
PRICE : $15,000

ONE OF THE EARLIEST AND FIRST EVER ISSUED
PROMOTIONAL PHOTOCARD
SIGNED BY

SUMMER OF 1962
CAVERN CLUB
LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND

FAB 4 COLLECTIBLES IS VERY PROUD TO PRESENT
OUR SECOND AUTOGRAPH SET OFFERING WITH THEIR
ORIGINAL DRUMMER PETE BEST.
ONCE AGAIN, WE WAITED FOR THE RIGHT EXAMPLE TO COME ALONG
THAT WOULD BEST REPRESENT THE ERA THAT PRECEDED
THE LINE-UP OF THE BEATLES OF WHICH
THE WORLD BECAME TO KNOW THEM.

MEASURING 5¼" x 3½ , THIS PROMOTIONAL PHOTOCARD
IS INDEED ONE OF THE EARLIEST AND FIRST EVER ISSUED
BY THE BEATLES, PRODUCED AT A
PHOTO SESSION FROM LATE MARCH 1962,
WITH THE LADS ABANDONING THEIR BLACK LEATHER OUTFITS -
ADORNED IN THEIR NEW LOOK "BENO DORN" SUITS AND TIES :

IT WAS SIGNED AT THE CAVERN CLUB IN
LIVERPOOL DURING THE SUMMER OF 1962,
THE INFAMOUS VENUE WHERE THE GROUP PLAYED 53 SHOWS,
INCLUDING LUNCHTIME AND EVENING PERFORMANCES,
FROM JUNE THROUGH AUGUST.

YET, IT WAS DURING THIS RUN OF SHOWS,  SUDDENLY ON
WEDNESDAY 15 AUGUST,  THE NIGHT-TIME CAVERN DATE WAS
PETE BEST'S FINAL APPEARANCE WITH THE BEATLES.
TWO YEARS AND THREE DAYS AFTER HE HAD JOINED THEM, HE WAS
DISMISSED FROM THE GROUP BY MANAGER BRIAN EPSTEIN,
AND REPLACED BY RINGO STARR ON SATURDAY 18 AUGUST.

AUTOGRAPHED ON THE REVERSE IN BLACK BALLPOINT PEN
JUST PRIOR TO PETE BEST'S DISMISSAL, IT IS A MOST
MAJESTIC SET OF EARLY SIGNATURES,
HIGHLIGHTED BY EACH MEMBER ADDING
"LOVE FROM"  AND "XXX" :

ACCORDING TO HIGHLY RESPECTED
BEATLES AUTOGRAPH PREMIER EXPERT FRANK CAIAZZO :
"this card is one of the earliest
promotional cards ever issued by the beatles ...
TO DATE, less than a handful of these
promo cards have ever surfaced,
making this an extremely rare early
signed beatles item".

FOR PROSPERITY, HERE ARE THE THREE
ADDITIONAL POSES THE BOYS HAD TAKEN
DURING THIS PHOTO SESSION :

ACQUIRED DIRECTLY FROM THE
ORIGINAL RECIPIENT OF THE AUTOGRAPHS,
WHOSE LETTER OF PROVENANCE WRITTEN ON STATIONARY
FROM THE HARD DAYS NIGHT HOTEL  IN LIVERPOOL,
IS ALSO INCLUDED.

THIS PHENOMENAL AND EXTREMELY RARE SIGNED
EARLY PROMO CARD AUTOGRAPH SET HAS BEEN
PROFESSIONALLY MATTED AND FRAMED IN
CLASSY BLACK WOOD WITH A RICH AND DEEP
"INDIGO"  BLUE WITH SAME COLOR FLOORING,
WITH OVERALL DIMENSIONS OF 18" X 16".
THE FRONT DISPLAYS THE SIGNED SIDE OF THE CARD,
AND WINDOWED IN ABOVE IT IS A PROFESSIONAL
PHOTOGRAPHIC "GLOSSY"  9½" X 6½" COMPLETE ENLARGEMENT
OF THE FRONT PHOTO SIDE OF THE ORIGINAL PHOTO 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 SIGNED PROMO CARD :

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

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