RINGO STARR | Autograph material including inscribed vinyl 45 RPM, 1968-1969

Property of Alan Herring

RINGO STARR

Autograph material, including:

i) 'Hey Jude' / 'Revolution'. Apple Records, 1968. Vinyl 45rpm single, INSCRIBED BY RINGO (" To Alan | Best Wishes | (Keep Driving) | Ringo Starr") on B-Side, FACTORY SAMPLE NOT FOR SALE, with label on A-Side, matrix markings 7XCE.21185-1 and 7XCE 21186-1, black paper sleeve, scuffing, sleeve worn with creasing; ii) Autograph album, SIGNED BY RINGO, otherwise blank; iii) Maureen Starkey, autograph postcard signed ("Maureen Richie and children"), from Costa Smeralda, Sardinia, August-September 1968, worn; iv) Peter Brown, typed letter signed, to Herring, confirming a wage increase, headed stationery of Beatles & Co, 1 August 1969, water damage, minor hole, worn

The postcard included in the current lot dates from when Ringo walked out of the fraught White Album sessions - and, temporarily, The Beatles - and took his family to Sardinia. Ringo later recalled:

"Peter Sellers had lent us his yacht and we went out for the day... I stayed out on deck with [the captain] and we talked about octopuses. He told me that they hang out in their caves and they go around the seabed finding shiny stones and tin cans and bottles to put in front of their cave like a garden. I thought this was fabulous, because at the time I just wanted to be under the sea too. A couple of tokes later with the guitar – and we had Octopus's Garden!"

“This lot is accompanied by a letter of provenance.”

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