107.9 The River » auctions http://theriver1079.com Casper's Real Rock Variety Sat, 18 May 2013 17:54:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Beatles Record Player Sells For Over $1500 At Auction http://theriver1079.com/beatles-record-player-sells-over-1500-auction/ http://theriver1079.com/beatles-record-player-sells-over-1500-auction/#comments Wed, 12 Sep 2012 16:00:32 +0000 Karen 'Gilly' Laney http://ultimateclassicrock.com/?p=83581 A 1964 Beatles record player just sold on eBay for $1580.00 and it doesn’t even play records! That didn’t deter collectors in the slightest because the vintage turntable that listed for $9.99 found the high bidder spending the equivalent of what most folks might pay to own a high-definition sound system.

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]]> http://theriver1079.com/john-lennon-tooth-auction/feed/ 0 Hulton Archive, Getty Images / Omega Auction House Paul McCartney's Letter to Mystery Drummer Offered Beatles Gig Up for Auction http://theriver1079.com/paul-mccartneys-letter-to-mystery-drummer-offered-beatles-gig/ http://theriver1079.com/paul-mccartneys-letter-to-mystery-drummer-offered-beatles-gig/#comments Wed, 19 Oct 2011 17:00:20 +0000 Nancy Dunham http://ultimateclassicrock.com/?p=29272 The Beatles‘ Pete Best could have missed his chance to be the band’s first drummer!

A handwritten letter Paul McCartney wrote on August 12, 1960, offered an unidentified drummer an audition just a few days before the Beatles departed for their legendary two-month stint in Hamburg, Germany, reports CBS News.

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