Description
This striking Beatles promo 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 each signature is a spectacular example from the period. 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 promo card date from early 1964 and they couldn’t have signed it any nicer on the day. The card, which measures 5 1/2″ x 4 1/4″, is in excellent condition having been well kept over the years. This is an outstanding example of one of these beauties, and if this was a 10″ x 8″ photograph with this same image with signatures as nice as these, it would be $50,000.
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, very small percentage of these cards were actually signed by The Beatles. Therefore, authentic Beatles signed Fan Club cards are quite 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 coveted and extremely impressive.