PH13 A Swedish Fan Book Page With THE Iconic Beatles Pose By Dezo Hoffmann, Signed By The Band

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On October 23, 1963, The Beatles were at Abbey Road Studios in the morning to put the final touches on their second album “With The Beatles”, recording Take 16 of “I Want To Be Your Man” – and as was their jam packed work schedule the likes that has never been seen with any other band before or since – later that very same day The Beatles flew to Stockholm, Sweden for their first ever foreign tour. Over the next week there they played shows in Karlstad, Stockholm, Gothenburg, Borås and Eskilstuna. On October 30th they filmed a television show called “Drop In Sweden”. They returned back to England the next day.

Here is a page from a Swedish Fan book that was signed during that trip, featuring the Iconic Dezo Hoffman ‘Seated Collarless Suits Pose’, on which all four have autographed beautifully in blue ballpoint pen. This is arguably the most desirable of all images to have autographed by The Beatles, as it is so closely associated with the first wave of ‘Beatlemania’ in both the U.K. and U.S.A. The page, which measures 5 1/2″ x 8″, contains bios of all four written in Swedish. It was removed from the fan book and affixed to a brown sheet of paper that has been cut to size.

Images of The Beatles signed by all four in any form are now incredibly scarce, as 99% + of those in existence are firmly secured in collections worldwide. To have this Iconic Dezo Hoffmann pose signed by The Beatles in 1963 is a major acquisition for any Beatles autograph collection and it would up very nicely for an impressive display piece.