January 26th Rare Autograph & Book Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 1/26/2023
Exceptionally desirable collection of three business checks and one receipt representing each member of the Beatles, including: an Apple Publishing Ltd. check filled out in another hand and signed by John Lennon, payable to Harrisongs Ltd. for £1056-02, dated July 26, 1971; an Apple Management Ltd. check filled out in another hand and signed by Ringo Starr, “R. Starkey,” payable to a photographic company for £12-38, dated August 1, 1973; a Harrisongs Ltd. check filled out in another hand and signed by George Harrison, payable to Apple Corps Ltd. for £20-70, dated February 1, 1972; and a receipt from Cave Photography for various photography supplies, 5 x 6.25, March 17, 1967, signed across the center by Paul McCartney.
All four items are nicely double-matted and framed with two group photos to an overall size of 38 x 22. Oversized. In very good to fine condition, with Starr’s signature fairly light but still legible, cancellation stamps and holes affecting portions of Lennon’s signature, a bank stamp touching the top of Harrison’s signature, and last portion of McCartney’s signature very light.
A fine display of all four Beatles members made especially desirable due to their associations with one another—notably, Lennon’s is an Apple check made payable to Harrisongs, while Harrison’s is a Harrisons check payable to Apple. These also date to the period of the Beatles’ turmoil and breakup, and complete sets of signatures from these years are quite difficult to assemble.With One Of A Kind Collectibles COA.
Beatles Signed Apple Checks and Receipt
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