Please Please Me! Rare signed Beatles album could fetch £20k-plus

A rare signed Beatles' first pressing of their Please Please Me album given to a Grantham area woman 53 years ago could land her a £25,000 windfall when it goes under the hammer this week. The mystery woman vendor - who insists on staying anonymous - was a teenage fan of the fab four when the album was released in March 1963. And she actually got hold of it because a friend's father was the manager of the London hotel where the world's biggest pop band were staying at the time. Now Lincolnshire auctioneers Golding, Young and Mawer are preparing for internet bids between £18,000 and £25,000 for the record and its signed sleeve. 

They have had "significant interest" already for the album and a card also signed by the group - a separate lot expected to go far between £600 and £800 - at their Grantham Auction Rooms. 

The sale is taking place this Wednesday, April 6 from 10am at the Old Wharf Road action venue in the town. Please Please Me was the first album produced by The Beatles and was released on March 22, 1963. Four different pressings were produced with label variations. "Lot 16 is an album from the first pressing and label variation.It is of critical importance to any serious collector of Beatles memorabilia," said Grantham resident auctioneer and valuer Craig Bewick. 

By: CJ Hall

Source: Lincolnshire Echo

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