The Beatles

However she had already left for school so her father picked up the Pixerama book which was on sale in the shop. The manager took this to the venue and it came back duly signed..

The autographs come with a letter from the original recipient that reads ‘During the 1960’s my husband played in a rock ‘n’ roll group called the Mysterians. In 1963 the group was contracted to play at The Ritz Ballroom, Kings Heath, Birmingham and The Plaza Dance and Social Club in Rookery Road, Handworth, Birmingham and their name was changed to the Plazents. These two venues were wonderful starting points for the many up and coming groups who were coming on to the musical scene. In 1963 The Beatles played at both of these venues and I was lucky enough to meet them backstage and obtain the autographs from all 4 Beatles. I feel very lucky to have been part of the musical scene of that time’. The condition is very good..

On arriving and setting up there [sic] equipment they were glad to sign the tickets for me and other colleagues before they went on to perform. The Beatles were booked by Geoffrey Walker, Ray Aldous and Peter Holmes, W.A.H Enterprises whom I worked for and with.’..

Comes with a letter from the grandson of the original recipient that reads ‘I got this magazine with the autographs of the four Beatles from my grandfather. He was a big fan of the Beatles and loved to travel. He was lucky enough to see some Beatles performances. As a huge Beatles fan, my grandfather often talked about the Beatles madness of the 1960s. He said he went to performances in France and Germany. Presumably, from what I remember, the signatures would have been placed there somewhere. He said he bought the magazine with the Beatles on the cover in Paris. He gave me the magazine a few months before in passed away in 2005’. The condition is very good..

The signatures date to late 1962 shortly after Ringo had joined the group. Comes with a letter from the previous owner that reads ‘Ringo gave — and dedicated — this card to Mrs Maguire, who lived at 10 Madryn Street directly opposite Ringo’s birthplace at 9 Madryn Street, Liverpool 8. Ringo’s mother, Mrs Elsie Starkey, and Mrs Annie Maguire were not only neighbours but close friends and Annie’s daughter, Marie, was like a big sister to Ringo, child-minding him, taking him to the local parks and cinemas, helping him to read and write (he’d missed much of his schooling due to childhood illnesses) and encouraging his early drumming when he was a long-term patient at the Royal Liverpool Children’s Hospital at Heswall, Wirral. Marie is also the Godmother to one of Ringo and Maureen’s children. I acquired the card from Marie at the beginning of the 1980s. She told me that the reason the card was somewhat discoloured and had small holes in it is that for years it was pinned up in the kitchen of their tiny terraced house at 10 Madryn Street which now, along with all the other houses in the street, has been completely renovated. When Ringo became famous as The Beatles drummer, Marie helped him find a new house for his mother and step-father, away from all his fans, in a select part of Liverpool. This card is unique in that it was given to Mrs Maguire personally by Ringo (Richy Starkey) and bears not only the signatures of all four Beatles but additionally has been signed again more personally by Ringo...“To Mrs Maguire / Best wishes / love Richy”’. The card has a number of pin holes in places, two small stains and some slight discolouration to the back side. The condition is very good..

In the vendor's own words "Shooting started in early March ’64 at Twickenham Studios. Originally, as no name had been given to the film, all scripts were simply titled, ‘The Beatles’. It wasn’t until Ringo came in one day and said, “It’s been a hard day’s night” that Dick Lester decided that ‘A Hard Day’s Night’ should be the title for the film. One of the many jobs of a 2nd’ Assistant Director is to make sure the stars of a movie are happy and to make sure they are on the set when required. Consequently, my brother got to know John, Paul, George and Ringo better than some of the other technicians. When not working on films, he was a professional drummer and used to try to teach some jazz drum rudiments to Ringo in the canteen during lunch breaks at Twickenham Studios, but Ringo had his own style and jazz wasn’t his thing! It was subsequently Ringo who signed his signature on the photograph first, with my brother’s red pen. He also signed: ‘To Geoff Best wishes from the Beatles’. Paul McCartney, being the main spokesman for the band, liaised with Alec a lot and would phone our home phone number in the evenings (much to my Mum’s annoyance) if there was any problems. I got to speak to him a couple of times. Paul then signed the photo, and then George. John, being much more aloof than the others, was the last one to sign the photo, when they were well into the seven-week shoot, which was finished towards the end of April ’64. My brother also helped make a ‘short’ which was used to promote the main feature movie called ‘Follow The Beatles’. It was a manic, frenetic time and the unit needed as much stamina as the Beatles to get all of Dick Lester’s ideas to work. So, by the end of the shoot, this eleven year old kid was presented with a full set of The Beatles autographs, much to the envy of our neighbours and my equally Beatles-obsessed school mates". Signatures have been pre-verified by Roger Epperson..