Just recently, the late John Lennon's personal copy of The Beatles' most controversial album sold at auction in New York for a staggering NZ$355,000.
That was the third highest price ever paid for a vinyl record.
The album was titled Yesterday and Today. On its release in June of 1966, it sparked a huge amount of controversy. The album was originally released only in the United States and Canada and will be remembered primarily for the controversy surrounding its original cover image.
The album cover showed The Beatles dressed in white smocks and covered with body parts from baby dolls and pieces of raw meat. It became known as "the butcher cover".
Taken by Australian photographer Robert Whitaker, the Fab Four played along with the concept as apparently, they were tired of the usual cover shots. Although it was not originally intended as an album cover, Paul McCartney pushed Capitol records in the US to include the photo, reportedly describing it as "our comment on the Vietnam War".