AUTOGRAPHS
ITEM # : AA084
PRICE : $10,000

S O L D !!

 8" x 4" UNITED STATES CUSTOMS ENTRY CARD
SIGNED ON REVERSE BY

FRIDAY 13 AUGUST 1965
JFK AIRPORT, NEW YORK

AT NOON ON FRIDAY 13 AUGUST 1965,
THE BEATLES TRAVELED TO NORTH AMERICA FOR THE THIRD TIME,
AND THEIR SECOND FULL CONCERT TOUR, DEPARTING FROM LONDON AIRPORT
WITH A LUSTY GOODBYE FROM ONE THOUSAND FANS.
HERE IS A PHOTO OF THE BOYS DEPARTING FROM LONDON AIRPORT THAT DAY :

ARRIVING AT JFK AIRPORT IN NEW YORK AT 2:30 PM LOCAL TIME,
THEY SET UP RESIDENCE AT THE WARWICK HOTEL IN MANHATTAN.

IT WAS ON THIS FLIGHT, UPON LANDING IN NEW YORK,
THAT THIS UNITED STATES CUSTOMS ENTRY CARD . . . . . . .

. . . . . . . WAS SIGNED ON THE BACK BY THE BEATLES.
THE SIGNATURES ARE BRILLIANT AND BOLD AND ALL
IN MATCHING BLUE BALLPOINT PEN, WITH PAUL ADDING THE SENTIMENTS,
"LOVE FROM THE BEATLES" ABOVE HIS AUTOGRAPH AT THE TOP.

A LETTER OF PROVENANCE FROM THE
ORIGINAL RECIPIENT OF THE AUTOGRAPHS
ACCOMPANIES THIS PIECE. HER DESCRIPTION OF THE EXPERIENCE
TRULY SHEDS A LIGHT ON THE VERY SPECIAL DAY.
FOR PRIVACY, THE PERSON'S NAME HAS BEEN
REMOVED FROM THE LETTER FOR THIS PRESENTATION :

THE FOLLOWING DAY THE GROUP RETURNED TO THE SCENE
OF THEIR TRIUMPHANT ED SULLIVAN SHOW DEBUT,
CBS TELEVISION'S STUDIO 50 TO TAPE THEIR LIVE PERFORMANCE
THAT WOULD BE AIRED ON THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW ON
12 SEPTEMBER AS THE FIRST SHOW OF THE NEW FALL SEASON.

THEN, ON SUNDAY, 15 AUGUST,
THE BEATLES PLAYED THEIR FIRST AND MOST MOMENTOUS
CONCERT AT SHEA STADIUM. SEEN BY 55,600 FANS,
IT CREATED A NEW WORLD RECORD FOR A POP CONCERT
IN TERMS OF ATTENDANCE AND GROSS REVENUE.

ACCOMPANIED BY
LIFETIME LETTER OF AUTHENTICITY FROM
FRANK CAIAZZO & FAB 4 COLLECTIBLES

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