Sunday 28 August 2011

Beatles Single fetches £9000

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A copy of the Beatles hit single Please Please Me signed on both sides by all four members of the band has fetched £9,000 at auction in Liverpool.

The 1963 record was sold by a Liverpool woman who asked the group to sign it after listening to them at the city's Cavern venue as a youngster.

The "very, very rare" item was among 322 lots at the annual Beatles memorabilia auction.

Please Please Me single
The 1963 single is signed on both sides by all four members of The Beatles

Among other highlights was a cap owned by John Lennon which sold for £3,200.

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