Autographed Sgt Pepper album up for auction
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This photo provided by Heritage Auctions of Dallas shows a a copy of The Beatles' Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album autographed by all four band members. Heritage Auctions said on March 22, 2013, that the bidding for the album is at US$110,500 (S$138,000), including the buyer's premium, and could surpass US$150,000 by the time of the March 30 auction. -- FILE PHOTO: AP
DALLAS (AP) - Advance bids for a copy of The Beatles' Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album, autographed by all four band members, are even higher than the auction house anticipated.
Dallas-based Heritage Auctions said on Friday that bidding for the 1967 album has reached US$110,500 (S$138,000) and could surpass US$150,000 by the March 30 auction. Heritage originally estimated the album would go for around US$30,000.
The Beatles signed the album on the gatefold above pictures of their heads.
The auction company's consignment director, Mr Garry Shrum, says there's no telling when an autograph of such quality will show up again and "people are responding to that". Mr Shrum says the bidding seems to have "taken on a life of its own".
