BEATLES:Please Please Me 1963 1st GOLD PRESS EX, FULLY SIGNED PROMO PICTURE
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:12529366 | Edition: Promo |
| Decade: 1960's | Release Year: 1963 |
| Record Grading: Excellent (EX) | Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom |
NowhereMan Records – Proudly PresentsThe Beatles ~I am honoredand excited to have been commissioned to bring you the rare chance to own a Beatlespackage comprising of original promotional press pictures including a genuine fullysigned picture and a stunning early 1st pressing black / gold PleasePlease Me. This package was bought at auction from the world famous Sotheby’s on August 25th 1988 and now it is up for auction in what has to be one of the finest BeatlesEBay a...uctions for some years.~Itemsincluded in the auction – The Beatles
- A Set ofearly Press promotional pictures- A Signedby all four Press picture- Astunning 1963 1st press black / gold Please Please Me Fully signed promo picture - To startwith I will describe the signed picture. The picture is a very early examplewith all four in the classic early Beatles fitted suits with the ‘mop top’ hairstyles and young fresh faces Probably circa 1963. The signatures are a little faint but they caneasily and clearly be read. The picture has a dedication inscribed at the top whichreads ‘To Ross, relation in New Zealand, Best wishes’All foursignatures are genuine and by the hand of The Beatles which is backed by thefact that they were bought from world renowned Sotheby’s on the 25th August 1988.
Promotional pictures – There arethree promo pictures other than the signed example and they comprise of a groupshot plus one each of John and George. As with the signed picture these areprobably circa 1962/3 as they are in the very early Beatles style, I personallycannot find any documentation or any other examples of these so if anyone hasany information please get in touch as I would love to hear any backgrounddetails on these. Please Please Me 1963 1st black/goldlabel – XEX 421-1N XEX 422 – 1NMother /stamper – 1L / 1ODickJames LabelsMT taxcode EX++ conditionThis isa superb, stunning example of a true first pressing with extremely earlystampers. The Labels are as good as you will ever see with virtually no signsof wear from previous use. The gold lettering is perfection and still asvibrant as the day it was pressed. The vinyl surfaces are amazing and areeasily in EXCELLENT ++ condition with only one or two extremely faint marks tospeak of and certainly nothing which detracts from the out of this world audio.This is right up there with the best examples of the record that I’ve seen. Thesleeve is the original ‘gold’ example and is OK but does have some wear to therear flip-backs so I would only grade a GOOD+ ~All in all this is a one off package that will never been seen for sale again as a set, these press shots are rare if not unique and to have them with a record as beautiful as this one and a full set of signatures is simply amazing.Good luck and please ask if you have any questions or information on this wonderful lot.
Postage& Packaging – I have experiencein sending rare items worldwide so please feel assured that you can bid andthat this item will reach you in the best possible condition.I willpost anywhere in the world fully insured so depending on where this sells to Iwill have to discuss the best possible way to do this after the auction hasconcluded.
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