George Harrison

pale pink shirt with black colour-run stains under each arm, fastening at the front and cuffs with white buttons (four of the six matching), woven "Jewel" manufacturer’s label inside, label inscribed with faded  ink "S" size mark; [with:] a ticket for a "BEATLE RAFFLE" (six-penny ticket "No. 290,  1st Prize – 1st choice of personal belongs of the BEATLES", 2nd, 3rd and 4th prizes similarly a choice of Beatles' personal belongings) held by "Bredbury and Romiley Oxfam Committee, Oxford Committee for Famine Relief...Drawn in the Mayor’s Parlour, Town Hall, Dukinfield by the Lady Mayoress, on Saturday, April 4th, 1964", 103 x 125mm.; and two black and white snap-shots, both featuring  George Harrison’s mother Louise in her son’s bedroom in Mackett’s Lane, Liverpool, one of her standing in front of George’s wardrobe, the other of her surrounded by a group of visiting Beatles' fans (including the winner of the shirt), both 89 x 89mm.;  a twelve-page typescript manuscript written by raffle prize-winner Marilyn Barry entitled 'Our Weekend in Liverpool', originally written in 1964, this version 2012; and a corresponding nineteen-page photocopy of a scrapbook, shirt colour faded, black colour-run stains under each arm, ticket with tape stain marks at each corner and four faint glue marks to reverse, minor discolouration to border of one photograph (5)

Marilyn Barry’s 'Our Weekend in Liverpool' gives a vivid account of one of her "wildest adventures", which took place between 21 and 23 February 1964. She and her three friends Maxine, Janice and Jenny set off from Victoria coach station "carrying three cakes, a tape recorder, radio, three cameras, scrap books and two bags each" to visit the four Beatles’ family homes. She recalls how when visiting George Harrison’s home two "Oxfam" girls arrived who were collecting personal items for a Beatles’ raffle: "Mrs Harrison brought down one of George’s old shirts, which we all kissed. It was pink with black stains under the arms. She told us that George wore a black polo-neck jumper underneath it in the Cavern. When he played at the Cavern, he used to sweat so much that his clothes were dripping when he came home".

Marilyn and her three friends all bought tickets for the raffle, her ticket, included in this lot, proved to be a lucky one: "I don’t normally win anything in raffles, but I won George’s shirt and John’s hair ... [also donated to the raffle]. I kept the shirt but gave the hair to Janice who loved John the most..."