DALLAS, Texas - A 45 rpm copy of the second single released in the
United Kingdom by all four members of the Beatles is expected to earn
top lot honors at Heritage Auctions’ Entertainment & Music Memorabilia Signature Auction March 18 in Dallas.
The record includes recordings of Ask Me Why and Please Please Me (est. $40,000). John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr all signed the Ask Me Why B-side of the record; McCartney and Harrison also signed the reverse side, which features an A-side recording of Please Please Me.
Given to its original owner at the Cavern Club in Liverpool, the single
was released Jan. 11, 1963, 13 days before a signing session at the
NEMS record shop, where the signatures likely were acquired.
A photo of the Fab Four signed by all four members of the band (est.
$18,000) also is expected to draw heavy interest at the auction. The
8-by-10 glossy black-and-white picture, taken in early 1965 in the
Bahamas, is signed with a felt-tip pen and includes a certificate of
authenticity from Heritage Auctions and Tracks LTD.
An original pressing of the Help! Album Signed by John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison of the Beatles (Capitol MAS 2386, 1965),
(est. $12,000) will be available to collectors in the auction. The
Gatefold Mono LP was the band’s eighth album for Capitol and the
soundtrack for the band’s second major motion picture. It contains seven
Beatles songs from the film with six instrumental pieces interspersed.
Savvy collectors and Beatles fans alike are expected to clamor for an extremely rare piece of memorabilia: a Postcard Signed by John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Substitute Drummer Jimmie Nicol (est.
$10,000). In addition to the band members’ signatures, this
3.5-by-5.5-inch postcard includes the inscription: “To Judy / Best
Wishes / Jimmie Nicol” that was written by Nicol, who was filling in on
the band’s Australian tour for regular drummer Ringo Starr, who was ill
with tonsillitis and stayed home during much of the tour. According to
the accompanying letter of provenance, the signatures were acquired by a
24-year-old steward who remembers serving Lennon two boiled eggs for
breakfast aboard the plane to Sydney.
Other Beatles-related items include, but are not limited to:
- A Ringo Starr RIAA White Matte Award: (est. $9,600)
- A Beatle-Signed Swing Along Souvenir Brochure with a letter of authenticity from R.A. (U.K. 1963): (est. $8,000)
- A Beatles-Signed Album Page (Liverpool, 1963): (est. $6,000)
- Beatles - The Introduction An Original Oil Painting by Eric Cash: (est. $4,000)
- A 1965 U.K. Performance-Used Ringo Starr Drumstick: (est. $4,000)
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