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Ringo Starr: A bespoke rich black velvet double-breasted jacket made for Ringo Starr, circa 1972, image 1
Ringo Starr: A bespoke rich black velvet double-breasted jacket made for Ringo Starr, circa 1972, image 2
Ringo Starr: A bespoke rich black velvet double-breasted jacket made for Ringo Starr, circa 1972, image 3
Lot 283

Ringo Starr: A bespoke rich black velvet double-breasted jacket made for Ringo Starr,
circa 1972,

24 June 2015, 12:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £5,000 inc. premium

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Ringo Starr: A bespoke rich black velvet double-breasted jacket made for Ringo Starr,

circa 1972,
finished with black cord trim to lapels, pockets, cuffs and double vent, labelled in inner pocket Hayward, 95 Mount Street, London, W1 and written in an unknown hand Ringo Starr, 7567, 23.2.72, two missing buttons have been kept separately

Footnotes

Ringo wore an identical jacket when he was best man for Harry Nilsson when he married Una O'Keefe in 1976. He is seen wearing it during footage taken at the wedding as seen in the documentary Who is Harry Nilsson and Why is Everybody Talking About Him? Dougie Hayward, the tailor who made the jacket, was an influential tailor at the time and made clothes for high profile celebrities mainly in the 1970s.

According to the vendor this jacket was purchased from a charity shop in Surbiton during the mid 1990s.

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