CURRENT INVENTORY / AUTHENTIC AUTOGRAPHS - AA156 / | VIEW CART |
AUTHENTIC GROUP AUTOGRAPHS ITEM#: AA156 PRICE: $62,500
PAYMENT METHOD BY WIRE TRANSFER OR
BANK CHECK ONLY. |
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DESCRIPTION
HISTORICAL ULTRA-RARE 'TOP TEN CLUB' PAY RECEIPT PAGE,
THIS PAY RECEIPT PAGE, WHICH MEASURES 8½" X 11¾", AND SIGNED FOLLOWING THEIR VERY FIRST WEEK OF PERFORMANCES, HAS BEEN WRITTEN OUT ON A LOOSE PAGE OF CASH BOOK PAPER TITLED "MUSIKEN-GEHALTER" (MUSICIAN'S SALARIES). DATED 1-7 OF IV (APRIL) 61, THE RECEIPT HAS BEEN HANDWRITTEN IN GERMAN IN AN IDENTIFIED HAND, IN BLUE FOUNTAIN PEN. INDIVIDUALLY LISTED ARE THE FIVE BEATLES IN THE FOLLOWING ORDER: GEORGE HARRISON, PAUL McCARTNEY, JOHN LENNON, STUART SUTCLIFFE AND PETER BEST, AND GIVING DETAILS OF THEIR MATCHING SALARIES: 7 JAGE A 35 = DM 245 (7 DAYS AT 35 DEUTSCH MARKS) LESS TAX, GIVING A TOTAL PER WEEK FOR EACH OF DM 215. ALL FIVE MEMBERS HAVE SIGNED IN THEIR RESPECTIVE AREA VERY NICELY IN BLACK BALLPOINT, WITH JOHN SIGNING "J.W. LENNON", STUART SIGNING "SFSTUART" AND PETE AS "PETER BEST". SHORTLY THEREAFTER, STUART WAS EFFECTIVELY DONE PERFORMING ON STAGE WITH THE BAND, THUS ENDING HIS INVOLVEMENT WITHIN THE BEATLES. HE DIED A YEAR LATER OF A BRAIN HEMORRHAGE, IN APRIL 1962. THERE WERE VERY FEW ITEMS SIGNED BY THIS ORIGINAL COMBINATION OF THE BEATLES. there are ONLY TWO such PAY Receipt PAGES that list ONLY the Beatles' original members - This one BEING OFFERED HERE - and the one from their last week of performances there. The other PAY RECEIPT PAGES all list Tony Sheridan; some of which he signed and some which were signed on his behalf. Furthermore, this is BY FAR the BEST conditioned TOP TEN PAY RECEIPT. The other EXAMPLES have hurried signatures, multiple stains, or are faded. ADDITIONALLY, OF THE THREE SETS OF THE FIVE ORIGINAL BEATLES IN AUTOGRAPH BOOKS WHICH HAVE SURFACED, NONE OF THEM HAVE BEEN SIGNED BY ALL WITH LAST NAMES, AS AT LEAST ONE OF THE BEATLES SIGNED FIRST NAME ONLY. NEEDLESS TO SAY, THIS IS AN EXTREMELY RARE, EARLY, AND SUBSTANTIAL PIECE OF BEATLES HISTORY.
ACCOMPANIED
BY LETTER OF AUTHENTICITY FROM FRANK CAIAZZO. A REVISED AND CORRECTED LETTER OF AUTHENTICITY FROM MR. CAIAZZO COULD BE MADE AVAILABLE.
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