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| CURRENT INVENTORY / AUTHENTIC AUTOGRAPHS - AA122 / | VIEW CART |
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AUTHENTIC GROUP AUTOGRAPHS ITEM#: AA122 PRICE: ------  |
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DESCRIPTION 4½" X 3½" BLACK AND WHITE 1963 PROMOTIONAL PHOTO OF DENNY LAINE AND THE DIPLOMATS SIGNED ON THE REVERSE BY THE BEATLES. WITH "THE BEATLES" ADDED BY GEORGE AT TOP OF PAGE. SIGNED JULY 5, 1963 PLAZA BALLROOM, HALESOWEN ROAD, OLD HILL, STAFFORDSHIRE THE BEATLES' SECOND AND FINAL APPEARANCE AT THIS VENUE, WAS A LONG-ARRANGED DATE WHICH BRIAN EPSTEIN WOULD HAVE PREFERRED TO CANCEL BUT HE WOULD NOT RENEGE UPON. ALSO ON THE BILL WAS THE OPENING ACT, A LOCAL COMBO FROM BIRMINGHAM CALLED DENNY AND THE DIPLOMATS, LED BY DENNY LAINE, FUTURE MEMBER OF THE MOODY BLUES AND, EVENTUALLY, PAUL MCCARTNEY'S POST-BEATLES GROUP, WINGS. IT WAS THE ONLY TIME DENNY'S BAND OPENED FOR THE BEATLES, AND HERE IN STAFFORDSHIRE ON JULY 5, 1963 WAS MOST LIKELY WHERE THE BEATLES HAD SIGNED THE REVERSE OF THIS 4½" X 3½" PROMOTIONAL PHOTO OF THE OPENING ACT. THE AUTOGRAPHS ARE IN MATCHING BLUE BALLPOINT PEN WITH BOLD, DARK STROKES. THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE SET IS GEORGE HARRISON ADDING "THE BEATLES" ABOVE HIS NAME AT THE TOP. THE CONDITION OF THE PHOTO REMAINS IN FINE CONDITION, WITH A SLIGHT CREASE IN THE UPPER RIGHT CORNER OF THE PHOTO SIDE ONLY. THE PHOTO HAS BEEN TRIMMED ON THE RIGHT SIDE BUT THIS DOES NOT AFFECT ANY OF THE AUTOGRAPHS AS SEEN. THERE IS A NATURAL INK SMEAR AT THE BEGINNING OF PAUL'S "P", OBVIOUSLY OCCURRING UPON PAUL'S PEN HITTING THE CARD. PAUL AND LINDA MCCARTNEY WERE BANDMATES WITH DENNY IN WINGS FROM 1971 THROUGH 1979, BUT HERE AT THE PLAZA BALLROOM IN JULY OF 1963, DENNY LED THE DIPLOMATS, TAKING THEIR PEROXIDE BLONDE HAIR, MOCK CROCODILE SKINNED SUITS AND SILVER PAINTED WINKLE PICKER SHOES TO GIGS. THIS IN INDEED A FASCINATING AND BEAUTIFULLY SIGNED BEATLES AUTOGRAPH SET, ONE THAT HAS A BIT OF HISTORY TO IT ON BOTH SIDES. THIS GREAT AUTOGRAPH SET HAS BEEN PROFESSIONALLY MATTED AND FRAMED AND FEATURES AN EXCLUSIVELY CREATED MATTE ARTWORK ENTITLED "THE BEATLES ON STAGE 1963" BY GRAPHIC DESIGNER JOE DUMAS OF BLUE MARBLE ADVERTISING. THE 2" BLACK WOOD FRAME HAS OVERALL DIMENSIONS OF 19" X 16½". THE AUTOGRAPHS ARE WINDOWED WITHIN THE STUNNING ARTWORK, THEN SURROUNDED WITH AN "INDIGO" BLUE MATTE. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE INTEGRITY OF THE ENTIRE SIGNED PHOTO 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 OF THE FRAME DISPLAYS THE ACTUAL PHOTO SIDE OF DENNY AND THE DIPLOMATS. ACCOMPANIED BY LIFETIME LETTERS OF AUTHENTICITY FROM FRANK CAIAZZO & FAB 4 COLLECTIBLES. 
  
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