John Lennon/Beatles Mega Thread

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What SellsBest.com
April 11, 2012
Bidding-War for Rare Beatles Album

A bidding-war is heating up for this scarce fully-signed Beatles album being offered on eBay, with bids pushing past $12,000 in just the first few days of the (ten-day) auction, for good reason.The Record, Please Please Me, is described by the seller as the "album that launched it all," signed by each member in the group (George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Paul McCartney, and John Lennon) in May of 1963.The full-round of signatures and early-date make the album particularly scarce and highly-sought by serious collectors.

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The Street Journal
April 11, 2012
McGear on Macca

The black SUV pulled up at 11 a.m. and a man with a shock of white hair hopped out from the driver's side. Sporting a trendy herringbone coat, a long gray scarf, tight black jeans and sharp black-leather slip-ons, Mike McCartney looked remarkably like his brother, Paul—but with more angular features.For years Mike, 68, has avoided any appearance of capitalizing on the fame of "Our Kid" (as he refers to his older sibling). When Paul left Liverpool in the mid-1960s, Mike remained—taking on a pseudonym and performing as a pop-poet and singer. He appeared in the Beatles' "All You Need Is Love" video, and he's Brother Michael in Paul's "Let 'Em In." Now Mr. McCartney is enjoying a fresh round of fame.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...976703516.html