The jacket is among nearly 500 items for sale in a “Marvels of Modern Music” auction. Also going up for auction are a 1971 letter that Doors frontman Jim Morrison wrote from Paris to a couple in Beverly Hills, California, and a 1980 custom-designed Hamer electric guitar used by Johnny Ramone.
Ringo’s stylish suit jacket from Help!
Description
Ringo Starr’s screen-worn jacket from the 1965
film Help! The predominantly black wool double-breasted suit jacket
bears soft gray vertical line patterns, a keystone layout of six black
buttons, and four more on the end of each cuff.
A D.A. Millings &
Sons label sewn inside the inner right pocket, “Ringo,” and a costume
notation in an unknown hand on the upper lining of the right sleeve
reads, “Ringo No. 1.” In fine condition. Accompanied by a certificate of
authenticity from Tracks and a letter of provenance from the original
recipient, reading, in part: “Since the late 1950’s I have been a friend
of the Starkey–Graves family. Ringo or Ritchie as he was known to us
and his girlfriend was one of a group of friends socializing
together…
During the sixties while visiting Ringo’s parents Elsie and
Harry I was given a suit which I was informed had been worn by Ringo in
the film Help.” Also accompanied by an unsigned glossy 7.25 x 9.5 photo
Ringo wearing the jacket in the film, and a pair of screenshots of Starr
from the film.
This dapper suit jacket is clearly visible during a pivotal sequence in Help! in which Ringo frets over a ring secretly entrusted to him by Ahme, a mysterious high priestess. Once confronted and told of the danger the sacrificial ring carries, Ringo desperately tries to remove it, but is unable. Only with the help of his fellow Beatles and the beautiful Ahme does Ringo find the means and courage to unfasten the accursed red jewel. Making a brief yet seminal appearance in the Fab Four’s second film, this immaculately kempt and tailored suit jacket is a modish and highly desirable piece of rock–cinema history.
This dapper suit jacket is clearly visible during a pivotal sequence in Help! in which Ringo frets over a ring secretly entrusted to him by Ahme, a mysterious high priestess. Once confronted and told of the danger the sacrificial ring carries, Ringo desperately tries to remove it, but is unable. Only with the help of his fellow Beatles and the beautiful Ahme does Ringo find the means and courage to unfasten the accursed red jewel. Making a brief yet seminal appearance in the Fab Four’s second film, this immaculately kempt and tailored suit jacket is a modish and highly desirable piece of rock–cinema history.
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