Beatles Sealed 1st State Butcher Cover

Nope. He said that he was suspicious because it didn't have a price sticker or hype sticker. The one on the Roadshow doesn't have shrink wrap at all. Doesn't matter, neither of them are repros.

 

I sez it'll go for $27,500 in the last two minutes.

 

but will the reserve be met?

 

The House of Guitars in Rochester,N.Y. has 3 copies moldering in metal racks near the top of their high,festering ceilings (this place is the epitome of disorganization). They have been there for years. I once asked about buying one and they said they were for "display" only.

Bill

 

Yes, but how will it sound?

Crack that baby open!!!

 

I'm pretty sure that was a joke, son.... a joke.

 

....... Like old champagne.

 

Yeah, so what IS the reserve on this one, do we think?

 

Less than 8 minutes left ...

 

Reserve met!

 

25gs and a minute to go. Wowser

 

I always wondered.. does people who buy insanely expensive sealed records ever open them?

 

Sold for $26099!

Clearly some people have not been affected by the recession!

I wonder if the winner will rip open that shrink wrap.

Eddie

 

I wonder why he sold it?

 

damn - I knew I should have had more money...

 

I highly doubt it.

 

And the winning bidder only bid once. Waited right until the end. I like his/her style.

 

If any of you had won, would you play it? Open it?

 

I would quickly relist it with a reserve of $30,000 and see what happens.

But I'm not rich enough to risk a new auction not meeting my reserve and leaving me stuck with the album; I'd have a $26,099 credit card bill coming due in a few weeks, and no way to pay it off!

Craig.

 

This is purely a collector's item. It should not be opened. If you want a copy to play, you don't need the butcher cover.

 

No chance.

At that level, it's a tangible investment, not a record. And a good one, when the case of these was unleashed they were only going for $7-8K apiece.

That would be like buying gold bars and melting them down for necklaces.

 

Question is: where do you store it? Safe deposit box?

 

Well then, $26,099 it is.

Wonder how many automatic bids the winning bidder had set.

Within a 6 minute period near the end the actual bids listed jumped from $15,000 to $25,500 and all from one bidder.

 

Because that's what Perry Cox does for a living!
Theres hardly a record in this world that he hasnt bought and then resold at one point or another.