Fan Sandra Woodruff gathered a collection of images of The Beatles before fame in Weston-Super-Mare.
Pictures from 1963 set to fetch £10,000 at auction.
Ms Woodruff spent two days outside the hotel before getting her souvenir card signed by her idols.
Collection including signed Wolsey Cotton Rib X Briefs card set to go under the hammer in Bristol on 27 May.
Previously unseen photographs of The Beatles pictured weeks before they became world famous - plus a 'stolen' underwear sign - are set to fetch almost £10,000 at an upcoming auction.
The iconic collection of images were taken during the band's six-day-tour at seaside town Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset, by superfan Sandra Woodruff back in 1963 before the Fab Four became a global success.
The memorabilia features a signed cardboard sleeve advertising men's underwear sign that Ms Woodruff had 'stolen' from the rock band's hotel bedroom.
The megafan broke into the group's hotel room at The Royal Pier Hotel with her friends and snapped pictures with them and later picturing them on the beach with fans.
The collection features a signed cardboard sleeve advertising men's underwear sign (pictured) that Ms Woodruff had 'stolen' from the rock band's hotel bedroom during their six-day tour. The superfan spent two days outside the hotel before getting her souvenir card, and other photographs, signed by her idols
Also included in the auction lot is a memo Ms Woodruff had written about her invasion of the band's bedroom nearly 60 years ago.
She reveals how she and her friends were directed to The Beatle's room - number 49 - by rival band Gerry And The Pacemakers.
Ms Woodruff added: 'The room was open, so we went in. No-one was there, the wardrobe was open with a Bible on one of the two beds, a letter for George on the dressing table and record cover with John's name on - so it must have been John & George's bedroom.
'I took big card label from one of a pile of Wolsey Cotton Rib X Briefs. We nearly got the police called on us because we went up there!'
The Beatle's admirer also had her camera with her and took several photographs of the band signing autographs and chatting to fans.
Other snaps show The Beatles posing on rocks alongside Birkbeck Pier for a famous publicity photograph taken at the time.
During her two days in Weston, Ms Woodruff was able to meet the band several times, and took several photographs of them on the beach, and meeting fans
Ms Woodruff and her friends then spent two days outside the hotel before getting her souvenir card, and other photographs, signed by her idols.
Auctioneer Andrew Stowe says the important images show what the Beatles were like before they achieved global fame.
He said: 'Here we see The Beatles just weeks before they were to become the most famous band on the planet, happily chatting to fans, signing autographs and generally having fun.
'Their lives would never quite be the same. Seeing their young faces is really touching - nobody could have predicted how important those four young men would become!
'It's a unique collection, and the underwear label in particular is one of the best pieces of Beatles memorabilia I have ever come across.
'Not only does it come with a fantastic story, but it's also signed by all four members. It is the ultimate representation of Beatle-mania.'
The Sandra Woodruff collection goes under the hammer at East Bristol Auctions on 27 May 2022.
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