This drumstick was obtained by the Lighting Technician at the Saville Theatre on the day that the Beatles took over the theatre to film promotional clips for their single Hello Goodbye. The photographs that he took on that day were sold through these rooms on 1st October, 2003 (Pop Memorabilia, sale 9697, Lot 177).

According to Andy Babiuk, Arbiter first started making the "Ringo Starr" drumsticks in 1964, advertising them as being made of "American White Hickory". It was owner, Ivor Arbiter, who suggested a Ringo Starr stick and, according to Arbiter's Drum City Store Manager, Gerry Evans ...we just bought a British drumstick and called it the Ringo Starr, similar to the one that he used. I think we sold hundreds of thousands of them. It just had the name Ringo Starr in block capitals, not a signature. In each pack of sticks was a little piece of paper with a photograph of Ringo and his printed signature...