Description
This attractive card was initially produced for The Official Beatles Fan Club, as designated on the reverse, with The Official Beatles Fan Club logo and the club’s address in London. The card features the famous Dezo Hoffmann ‘seated collarless suit pose on the front’, which is one of the most recognizable and iconic images of The Beatles in existence. All four have autographed this card beautifully in blue ballpoint pen, on or near their respective image, and to have a Dezo Hoffmann ‘collarless suits’ image – particularly THIS one – signed on the front is a major acquisition for any Beatles collection. The signatures on this one were obtained on November 15, 1963, while the band was in the midst of ‘The Beatles Autumn Tour’, and on this night The Beatles performed live in concert at Colston Hall in Bristol, England – a week to the day before their second album With The Beatles was released, which was just 2 months prior to The Beatles historic U.S. debut on the Ed Sullivan Show. The card was signed for Roger Greenaway, who at the time was a member of The Kestrels, a Bristol based band who were an opening act for The Beatles at Colston Hall. On the back of the card is written the name Andrew Collard, who was the next door neighbor of Roger Greenaway, as well as the date “15/11/1963″, written as the day first, then the month as is done in Great Britain. The card, which measures 5 1/2″ x 4 1/4”, is in excellent condition having been well kept over the years.
Authentic Beatles signed Official Fan Club cards are very rare, as they were initially printed up for the secretaries of The Official Beatles Fan Club to sign and send out to Fan Club Members through the mail, although a very small percentage of these cards were actually signed by The Beatles. Therefore, authentic Beatles signed Fan Club cards are extremely rare and given the fact that this is one of the if not THE most desirable image to have autographed by The Beatles, they are highly desirable. This is an outstanding example of one of these highly coveted rarities….SOLD.