Auction Date:2013 Feb 21 @ 18:00 (UTC-05:00 : 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
TLS signed “Love, Paul McCartney, xxx,” one page, 8 x 10, 20 Forthlin Road, Allerton, Liverpool, postmarked Huyton, Liverpool, April 21, 1963. Letter to an admirer. In part: “Thanks for writing, it was great to hear from you. Our L. P. was released on 20th March, which is a long time after you wrote isn’t it? I’m sorry it’s been so long, but you’ll understand how busy we are. I’m afraid I’ve got no photos at present, but why not write to the fan club?” In very good condition, with intersecting folds, one horizontal fold touching the bottom of the signature, scattered creases and toning, staple holes to the upper left corner, and pinholes where folds intersect. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope. Provenance: Christie’s, 2003.
The location Paul is writing from, 20 Forthlin Road, is where he lived with his brother before the Beatles rose to fame—in fact, the UK National Trust has deemed it the ‘birthplace of the Beatles,’ as it is where they wrote and rehearsed their earliest songs. The album Paul refers to in the letter is their very first, Please Please Me, which was released on March 22, 1963 in the UK. Since this is a “long time after” the admirer wrote, she must have been a fan from the Beatles’ days at the Cavern Club, where they achieved great local popularity and met Brian Epstein. Please Please Me topped the charts for 30 weeks only to be usurped by their next album, With the Beatles.
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