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$290,500 album: Beatles record goes for big bucks at auction

$290,500 album was a rare copy of The Beatles' 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' sold at a Dallas auction. The $290,500 album was signed by all four members of the Beatles. 

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This undated image provided by Heritage Auctions shows what is described as a 'pristine' copy of The Beatles鈥� 'Sgt. Pepper鈥檚 Lonely Hearts Club Band' album autographed by all four members of the band. The album sold for $290,500 over the weekend.
  • By The Associated Press

| Dallas

A copy of The聽Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"聽album聽signed by all four band members has sold at auction for $290,500.

Dallas-based Heritage Auctions says a Midwest collector bidding online purchased the autographed聽album聽Saturday. Names of the seller and the buyer have not been made public.

The聽Beatles聽signed the聽album聽on the gatefold above pictures of their heads. Heritage originally estimated the 1967聽album聽would sell for around $30,000. Pre-auction bids topped $120,000.

The聽album聽was the centerpiece of an auction featuring a variety of music and entertainment memorabilia.

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