Did you miss me? Afraid I’ve been goofing off, what with my Friend’s Birthday on Wed. Getting ready for garage sale on Thurs. Doing the Garage Sale on Friday and Sat. and cleaning house on Sunday. I had plans to get back in the groove on Monday but some family issues came up so I was out and about TCB most of the day. Today isn’t a great day either as I’m just trying to straighten and organize. So Hopefully, Wed. will be back to business. At least I’m back on the blog.
Oh I’d like to give a big Thank You to Peter—one of my favorite bartender (and artist) at The Enzian (Maitland, FL) who cheered me up while I ate lunch there on Monday.
This week I hope to get into my trunk from my days as a Beatles Maniac. I haven’t opened it in years, and have not done any major review of it in forever.
Did you know that it was 50 years ago this month that the Beatles Landed in the U.S. and we were never quite the same. According to Kovels (Newsletter for Collectors, Dealers and Investors) “…Today that (Beatles merchandise) is highly collectible–with Beatles fans young and old competing for everything from ticket stubs (a ticket to Forest Hill Music Festival recently sold, with newspaper clipping detailing how to win tickets, for $115—the original cost of the admission by the way was $5.95), to metal lunch boxes (A Beatles lunch box with matching thermos and complete with dent sold for $411).
Other items that sold was a Beatles pin back button: “I’m a Beatles Fan” for $95
A George Harrison Yellow Submarine Figural bank for $411
A Yellow Submarine watch with face chips and wearing and a leather band “period” replacement for $847
The highest at this particular auction (Hake’s Gallery that specializes in pop culture) was
A Beatle’s promotional display “Here They Are The Fabulous Beatles” with a photo, die cut cardboard with one vertical fold for display and marked “Printed in England” 1963 went for $1,496. Oh MY
www.hakes.com
And the auction by the way coincided with the iTunes release of a new Beatles album–44 BBC recordings from 1963 which can be down loaded for $1.29.
So Lord willin’ etc more tomorrow.
AND Remember: All you need is love—everybody now——