GUEST
I grew up in Pennsylvania, and in the wintertime, there wasn't much to do, so I used to write letters to, like, actresses and actors, and I got autographs. Well, I had a pen pal from England. Her brother was in a band in Liverpool, and they had known the Beatles. And she said that if she ever got to meet them, she would try to get an autograph for me.
APPRAISER
Okay.
GUEST
So this is what she sent me.
APPRAISER
And what was your friend's name?
GUEST
Her name was Puddy, P-U-D-D-Y.
APPRAISER
And when you look at the program here, it is from the Beatles' show. We see a lot of Beatles autographs here on the ROADSHOW.
GUEST
Right.
APPRAISER
And I would say 99 out of 100 are never authentic.
GUEST
Right.
APPRAISER
When I looked at this, I looked at it carefully, and consulted with a couple of the other appraisers on the show, and we all concurred that these were 100% authentic signatures.
GUEST
Oh.
APPRAISER
They're signed on the front here. You have John Lennon, Paul signed his first name, you have Ringo and George. Now we're going to open it up. And if you would just grab the back part of that and I'm going to hold this. You have signatures again here, Ringo, and here, "To Puddy, George Harrison."
GUEST
Uh-huh.
APPRAISER
You have John Lennon and you have Paul McCartney. Now we're going to flip it over again. We'll go to the back side, and once again, you have John Lennon, George, Ringo, and Paul. Now, it's pretty amazing to find four authentic Beatles signatures on one piece, let alone three sets. It's remarkable, and I probably am not going too far out on a limb saying this may be the only piece ever signed three times...
GUEST
Oh, really?
APPRAISER
...in three complete sets by the Beatles. Your pen pal was a very good friend.
GUEST
Yeah.
APPRAISER
Was a very good friend. I don't know if you're still in touch with her.
GUEST
No, we're not in touch.
APPRAISER
Well, you might want to try to find her to thank her very much.
GUEST
Right.
APPRAISER
Because it was a pretty generous gift.
GUEST
Yeah.
APPRAISER
You know, you do have folding in it, you have a little bit of a crease line that goes up through the Lennon.
GUEST
Right.
APPRAISER
Some taping there.
GUEST
Correct.
APPRAISER
But a very conservative estimate at auction would be $15,000.
GUEST
Mm, okay.
APPRAISER
Yeah, and could go much higher. I mean, it's just an incredible piece, super-rare, and any Beatles collector would just love to have a piece like this.
GUEST
Oh, okay. Thank you. Uh-huh.
APPRAISER
Thanks so much.
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