Lot Essay
Whilst the Beatles were staying in Stockholm in October 1963, the vendor and her friends gathered outside their hotel and sent up some Swedish souvenirs with a request to talk to the group about setting up the Swedish Beatles' Fan Club. In response, the girls received this letter, written on the inside of the envelope they had sent up.
The Beatles' visit to Sweden in October, 1963 was their first tour outside the U.K. On the second night of the tour, they performed two concerts, the first at 5.00pm, the second at 8.00pm. The vendor attended both concerts at which she took the photographs in lot 168.
She met the Beatles on three occasions during this tour. The first of these was at Stockholm airport where she and a few friends had gathered to welcome the band to Sweden. She and a friend then accompanied Swedish D.J., Klas Burling, in his car back to Stockholm with none other than John Lennon! The journey lasted an hour, giving them plenty of time to ask him all the questions they wanted. She then met the group between the two Stockholm concerts and, again, four days later, when they appeared on the t.v. show Drop In, recorded in Stockholm before a live audience. These meetings led to a life-long admiration of the group and in particular, Paul McCartney and she became Vice-President and later President of the Swedish Beatles Fan Club.
The Beatles' visit to Sweden in October, 1963 was their first tour outside the U.K. On the second night of the tour, they performed two concerts, the first at 5.00pm, the second at 8.00pm. The vendor attended both concerts at which she took the photographs in lot 168.
She met the Beatles on three occasions during this tour. The first of these was at Stockholm airport where she and a few friends had gathered to welcome the band to Sweden. She and a friend then accompanied Swedish D.J., Klas Burling, in his car back to Stockholm with none other than John Lennon! The journey lasted an hour, giving them plenty of time to ask him all the questions they wanted. She then met the group between the two Stockholm concerts and, again, four days later, when they appeared on the t.v. show Drop In, recorded in Stockholm before a live audience. These meetings led to a life-long admiration of the group and in particular, Paul McCartney and she became Vice-President and later President of the Swedish Beatles Fan Club.