A Panama-style straw hat with a paisley hat band, autographed by Ringo Starr & His All Starr Band that was owned and worn by Ringo’s business manager Hilary Gerrard during the group’s 1992 tour. Labeled "Boutique Imports Sydney" and "Whole Earth Hat Company." Size S.

The hat has been signed by the whole group and various crew members, with each member adding inscriptions detailed below:

Ringo Starr – adding ‘to Hil LOVE LOVE LOVE’ Zak Starkey – adding ‘To Mr. JACK BOOTS BEST WISHES’ Burton Cummings – adding ‘NO STICK, YOUNG MAN!’ ‘92’ Timothy B. Schmit – adding ‘Hi HILARY’ Joe Walsh – adding ‘LOVE’ Nils Lofgren – adding ‘2 Hill All my love!’ Todd Rundgren – adding ‘To Hill My dove yours’ Tim Cappello – adding ‘To ONE OF A KIND FROM’ Dave Edmonds – who has not added anything

Includes four modern photographs of Gerrard wearing the hat during the tour.

Size Small

PROVENANCE Partial Lot 351, "Rock Pop & Film - From the Estate of the late Hilary Gerrard (1933-2023), formerly Business Manager to Ringo Starr from the 1970s onwards," Bonhams, London, Knightsbridge, November 29, 2023

The Beatles, Signed, Clothing & Jewelry