8010 - Beatles Signatures Obtained in the Bahamas During the Filming of Help! (1965)

Beatles Signatures Obtained in the Bahamas During the Filming of Help! (1965) Vintage autograph book, 6.25 x 4.75, containing a complete set of Beatles signatures on two separate pages, obtained in the Bahamas while the group was filming Help! in early 1965. One page is signed in ink by Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, and George Harrison, with Harrison also signing on behalf of John Lennon; a second page is signed by Lennon himself. The consignor notes that the autographs were obtained by a resident of the Bahamas during the Beatles’ filming there between February 23 and March 10, 1965, at the request of actor Desmond Llewelyn, best known for playing Q in the James Bond films. Llewelyn was in the Bahamas for the filming of Thunderball during the same period. In overall fine condition. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Tracks and two letters of provenance, including a letter from Llewelyn on Nassau Beach Hotel letterhead requesting Beatles autographs for his son: “Sorry not to have got for you the whole cast of Thunderball but am going back to England this afternoon. If you have any spare Beatle autographs could you possibly send them to my young son who is crazy about them.” Also includes a letter from the previous owner, a cousin of Llewelyn’s son Justin, explaining that the signatures were obtained in the Bahamas while the Beatles were filming Help! and the cast of Thunderball was working there at the same time.