Rare vintage glossy 5.5 x 3.5 NEMS Enterprises promotional card for the Beatles, which pictures the band wearing matching suits and leaning against a ship's railing, signed on the reverse in blue ballpoint, “John Lennon, xxx,” “Paul McCartney, xxx,” “George Harrison, xxxx,” and “Ringo Starr, xxx.” The image was taken by Les Chadwick, who worked for the Liverpool-based photography firm 'Peter Kaye Photography' in September 1962. It pictures the group on board a boat named 'The Salvor,' which was moored at Albert Dock. In very good condition, with overall creasing, scattered stains, and a tiny fleck of missing emulsion to the image.
The consignor notes that the autographs were obtained by a young Beatles fan named Linda, who was a frequent attendee of the Cavern Club and other local Beatles performances in 1962 and 1963. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Tracks and by a modern photograph highlighting Linda at the front of the audience at Hulme Hall just outside of Liverpool on October 28, 1962. This was the band’s last-ever performance at the venue, but, interestingly enough, just a few months earlier, on August 18, 1962, Ringo performed his first-ever concert with the Beatles on the very same stage.
Autographed examples of this promotional card are extremely rare, as only a small population of these were ever printed. Of additional interest is the desirable ‘John, Paul, George, and Ringo’ ordering of the signatures, and how this promotional card is likely the first to feature an image of the Beatles with Ringo; this NEMS ‘Salvor’ example predates the later Parlophone promotional cards, which were produced in early 1963.
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