A 1976 Rolling Stones album bought for £2 at a car boot sale by a Crich man has sold for £4,000 at auction. The new owner beat off competition from a New York bidder to secure the Black and Blue LP.
Experts think the album was signed as part of a celebration to welcome Ronnie Wood, who replaced Mick Taylor in the Rolling Stones in 1976.
The LP sleeve is signed by the Rolling Stones as well as three Beatles and two of their wives.
Alan Judd, from Bamfords auctioneers said: "This example of a record and printed inner sleeve is almost certainly unique in bearing the signatures of John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Paul and Linda McCartney, George Harrison, along with Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts, Bill Wyman and Ronnie Wood."
The man that took the LP to Bamfords, who did not wish to be named, said: "I bought the record because I thought it was cheap and I could use it as a swap.
"I am not even a fan of the Stones - I was looking for Ska and Northern soul...
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A 1976 Rolling Stones album bought for £2 at a car boot sale by a Crich man has sold for £4,000 at auction. The new owner beat off competition from a New York bidder to secure the Black and Blue LP.
Experts think the album was signed as part of a celebration to welcome Ronnie Wood, who replaced Mick Taylor in the Rolling Stones in 1976.
The LP sleeve is signed by the Rolling Stones as well as three Beatles and two of their wives.
Alan Judd, from Bamfords auctioneers said: "This example of a record and printed inner sleeve is almost certainly unique in bearing the signatures of John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Paul and Linda McCartney, George Harrison, along with Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts, Bill Wyman and Ronnie Wood."
The man that took the LP to Bamfords, who did not wish to be named, said: "I bought the record because I thought it was cheap and I could use it as a swap.
"I am not even a fan of the Stones - I was looking for Ska and Northern soul...
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