Auction Date:2012 Jan 26 @ 18:00 (UTC-5 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
Exceptional DS, one page, 7 x 11, 1969. Maclen (Music) Limited transfer of company personnel document reads, “It is resolved that Moor House Secretaries Limited be and is hereby appointed Secretary of the Company with effect from December 13, 1968 in the place of Mr. B. F. Burns who submitted his resignation with effect from November 20, 1968.” Signed at the conclusion in black felt tip, “John Lennon,” and in black ballpoint, “Paul McCartney.” The document is also signed in blue ballpoint by Apple managing director Neil Aspinall. In fine condition, with a central horizontal fold. Accompanied by a letter of authenticity from noted Beatles expert Frank Caiazzo, as well as a letter of authenticity from Perry Cox.
While this document covers a simple personnel matter, original signed Maclen Music Limited documents are exceedingly rare. At the time this document was executed, the Beatles' new multimedia venture, Apple Corps. Ltd., was in its first year of operation, and Maclen Music (McCartney & Lennon's song publishing arm) was turning over 20% of its holdings to Apple, with McCartney and Lennon splitting 80% evenly. Apple was already having difficulty controlling dispensation of funds to several of its various divisions, most notably Apple Electronics and Apple Retail. While Apple Records, Apple Films, and Apple Publishing were less fiscally irresponsible, it was clear the Beatles themselves had little idea of the business end of running such a conglomerate. It was against this backdrop in late 1968 that tensions among the band were escalating, causing dissension in the studio during the recording of The White Album. It marked the beginning of the end of the Beatles as a group.
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