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The Beatles: Rare Signature Set with Jimmy

Currency:USD Category:Dolls & Bears Start Price:310.00 USD Estimated At:1.00 - 1,000,000.00 USD
The Beatles: Rare Signature Set with Jimmy
The Beatles: Rare Signature Set with Jimmy Nicol (June 1964). The now legendary path of the Beatles in their march to immortality took a strange twist during June of 1964. The Beatles were to tour Scandinavia, Holland, the Far East and Australia. But, on June 3, the day before the tour, Ringo collapsed at an early morning photo session for the Saturday Evening Post at a portrait studio in Barnes, London. He had a 102-degree fever and tonsillitis and was rushed to the hospital. While having his tonsils out in London, he was temporarily replaced for the Denmark and Holland concert dates by shy 24-year-old session drummer Jimmy Nicol. Beatles producer George Martin suggested Jimmy because he had recently recorded at EMI with Tommy Quickly and he'd also recently become familiar with Beatles numbers while drumming on a recording session for an album called Beatlemania. Although this replacement was met with great defiance by members of the Beatles camp, namely George Harrison, the tour proceeded with Jimmy Nicol as an honorary member of The Fab Four. Ringo was discharged from the hospital on June 11, and he rejoined the group in Melbourne on June 15, 1964. After less then two weeks, the dream ride for Jimmy Nicol was over, and he headed back to London and vanished back into anonymity. Capturing that strange chain of events is this vintage set of signatures obtained during the early leg of the June '64 tour, handsomely signed by John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Jimmy Nicol in blue ballpoint pen. Accomplished on the reverse of a Rolls Royce 707 jetliner postcard, this item stands in overall fine condition, with only slight impressions at the edges and a faint shade of toning. Most importantly, the signatures are bold and distinguished, standing as a solid "9" collectively. Included is a rare 11 x14 color photo of them at press conference, off the negative and suitable for matting. A letter of provenance accompanies the autographs. From The Tom Fontaine Music Memorabilia Collection. Important notice: Heritage usually auctions material at the rate of 200-250 lots per hour. On some occasions eBay Live bid software or the Internet may not be able to keep up with the pace of the auction. We recommend placing a realistic absentee bid now as insurance to avoid disappointment. Occasionally the auctioneer may eliminate or reject an eBay Live bid, and the auctioneer may also reopen a lot after the close of the eBay live bidding (usually because we missed an audience bid), and may reject your bid even if it shows you as the winning bidder. By bidding via eBay Live, you agree that Heritage may award the lot to another bidder at its sole discretion under the circumstances described above or any other reasonable circumstances. Since eBay bids are not shown to us until we open the lot on the floor, we treat those bids just like floor bids. In most cases the floor responds before the eBay bid is presented to us, due to Internet lag time, so for consistency we have made it a policy that floor bids are always considered first over tie eBay live bids. Also please note that all Heritage lots purchased through eBay Live carry a 20% Buyer's Premium. Please make sure you read the Terms and Conditions before you bid.