Beatles Sleeve Named World's Most Valuable
The adapted artwork for Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band has the faces of music execs instead of the band's....
The cover is estimated to be worth around £70,000, according to Record Collector magazine, and was created for Christmas 1967 to celebrate its success.
Only around 100 are thought to have been made, with just three known copies in the hands of collectors.
Beatles records make up 50% of the top ten - worth so much because they are so collectable - including the banned "butcher" sleeve, which was out briefly in the US and some of the numbered copies of their 1968 self-titled release a.k.a the white album.
Ian Shirley, editor of the Rare Record Price Guide 2012, who compiled the list, said: "While pristine records and inserts are vital to securing a top price, the numbered sleeve is the main attraction. The hunger to collect low numbers remains undiminished amongst Beatles fans."
The top 10:
1. The Beatles - Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band [limited edition Capitol version] (1967) £70,000.
2. The Beatles - The Beatles (1968). Numbers 1-10 £7,000.
3. Madrigals - Magic Key To Spanish Volumes 1 and 2 (1953) £3,500; The Nation's Nightmare (1951),£3,000.
4. The Beatles - Introducing The Beatles (1964) £3,000.
5. The Beatles/Frank Ifield - England's Greatest Recording Stars: The Beatles & Frank Ifield On Stage (1964) £3,000.
6. Tinkerbell's Fairydust - Tinkerbell's Fairydust (1969) £3,000.
7. AC/DC - 12 Of The Best (1978) £3,000.
8. The Beatles - Yesterday And Today (1966) £2,000.
9. Dark - Dark Round The Edges (1972) £2,000.
10. Hank Mobley - Hank Mobley (1957) £2,000.
Tagged as The Beatles, Albums
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