The Beatlesleft behind a mass in their makeshift dressing way before their final paid concert on August 29 , 1966 . During their pre - show meal , they splattered their tablecloth with food and mark it up with doodles and signatures . The colorful piece of memorabilia is now valued at least $ 15,000 , and after a striking journeying , it ’s last headed to vendue , theLos Angeles Timesreports .
Caterer Joe Vilardi , the owner of Simpson ’s Catering , was entranced when he find out the state of his tablecloth after feeding The Beatles before their famed Candlestick Park carrying out in San Francisco . He display the canvass in the windowpane of his Clement Street shop class , where it pull in crowds of fans . But its time in the spotlight was thin out short ; after six days , a stealer broke the glass and made off with the collector ’s item . The Vilardis spent decade tracking down its whereabouts without any luck .
The family had chip in up hope of finding it by the time Michael Vilardi , the grandson of the late Joe Vilardi , received a callin March 2021 . A Texas woman take that her brother had get the steal tablecloth through a debt conflict decades ago , and now they want to return it to its true owners . The Vilardis were intoxicate by the news , but they match not to keep the daddy culture artefact in their possession for very long . By auctioning it off , they desire to find it a domicile where it can be expose for the populace to see .
The 56 - year - previous token features “ loony toons - inspired “ sketch from John Lennon , Paul McCartney , Ringo Starr , George Harrison , and Joan Baez , who had connect the Fab Four for dinner that night . Starr ’s autograph is seeable in black ink and Harrison ’s appears in red . McCartney ’s signature is missing , but there is an inscription read “ did not lay a hand on this board “ with an pointer beneath the name Paul McCartney pointing at it .
The 14 - inch by 17.5 - inch cotton tablecloth is being auction online throughBonhamsfrom October 7 through the 19th . The auction house estimates it will sell for $ 15,000 to $ 25,000 .
[ h / tLos Angeles Times ]
