Ob-La-Di hell: White Album sells for £19,201

Forty years after the Beatles' White Album first went on sale, yesterdaysomeone bought a copy - for £19,201.Sold at auction, this was no ordinary edition - just the fifth double-LP tobe pressed in the initial "limited edition" of 5 million, it's emblazonedwith the 0000005 serial number and is the first copy other than the fourgiven to the Beatles themselves.The numbering of copies was originally intended as a joke by designerRichard Hamilton, tickled by the irony of a "limited edition" of 5mi...

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