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Lot 142

The Beatles: An autographed copy of the album Please Please Me,
1963,

13 December 2017, 12:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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The Beatles: An autographed copy of the album Please Please Me,

1963,
Parlophone PMC 1202, the back cover signed in blue and black ballpoint pens by John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, with the original and a photocopy of a newspaper cutting concerning the vendor's acquisition of the album

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Provenance:
The newspaper article, from the 'Slough Observer', 19th December 1963, reports how the vendor, a 13-year-old schoolgirl at the time, won the album in a charity raffle. According to the report, the prospect of being the lucky recipient of this record prompted the sale of 750 tickets, raising a total of £18 15s! The original raffle ticket is with the album and cutting.

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