This week’s Beatles auction roundup features five exceptional pieces spanning the full range of what serious collecting looks like—from a Cassius Clay signature on the iconic 1964 boxing photo to a pristine Selcol New Beat Guitar in its original box. The links below are eBay affiliate links, which means Beatles Rewind may earn a small commission if you make a purchase—at no additional cost to you.
Muhammad Ali Signed Beatles Boxing Photo
Current bid: $380.00 View on eBay
The photograph that intersects two of the most iconic cultural phenomena of 1964 is rarer than it sounds. The Beatles and Cassius Clay met at the 5th Street Gym in Miami in February of that year—just days before Clay’s shocking upset of Sonny Liston and just days after the Beatles’ Ed Sullivan appearance had turned American popular culture upside down.
The resulting photographs have become among the most reproduced images of the entire decade: four young men from Liverpool clowning with the loudest, most charismatic athlete on earth, all of them seemingly aware that history was happening, and all of them playing to it with maximum energy.
This signed example carries the signature of Cassius Clay rather than Muhammad Ali—the name he bore at the time of the meeting, before his conversion to Islam later that year. Clay signatures are considerably scarcer than Ali signatures, which makes this framed piece a specific collectible rather than a general Ali autograph. The JSA Letter of Authenticity provides the authentication standard that the serious autograph market relies on, and the 16×20 framing makes this an immediately displayable piece at a scale that does justice to the image. At $380 with JSA authentication, this is accessible for what it represents.
The Beatles — “All You Need Is Love” / “Baby, You’re a Rich Man,” Rare Demo
Current bid: GBP 560.00 (Approximately $750.16 US Dollars) View on eBay
Demo pressings occupy a specific and coveted place in the Beatles vinyl collecting world. Parlophone produced demonstration copies of Beatles singles for radio and press use—copies stamped with the word DEMONSTRATION in the run-off groove, never intended for retail sale, distributed in small quantities to broadcasters and journalists.
The survival rate of these pressings is naturally lower than commercial copies, and finding one in genuine VG+ condition sixty years later represents the kind of find that serious collectors watch for.
“All You Need Is Love” carries its own specific historical weight. Released on July 7, 1967—the date stamped in the run-off groove of this pressing—it was the British contribution to the first-ever live global satellite television broadcast, “Our World,” watched by an estimated 400 million people. The song was written and recorded specifically for that broadcast, and the performance remains one of the most watched moments in Beatles history. A demo pressing dated to the actual release date is as close to the moment of transmission as a physical object can get.
The seller’s condition notes are admirably specific: VG+/VG+ overall, clean labels, but with surface marks and a vinyl indentation affecting the final fifteen seconds of the A-side with resulting pops. The collector who understands this is buying a piece of broadcasting history rather than a listening copy will find the condition entirely acceptable for display and documentation purposes. At GBP 560 for an authenticated demo of this specific release, this is serious collector territory.
1964 Beatles Bobblehead Nodders — Original Set in Original Box, Complete
Current bid: $805.00 View on eBay
The 1964 Beatles bobblehead set is among the most recognizable and sought-after pieces of Beatlemania merchandise—paper mache figures manufactured at the peak of the phenomenon, sold in their original box with individual cardboard inserts, and designed to capture four very specific haircuts and four very specific suits at the precise moment when those haircuts and suits were the most talked-about thing in the country. Sixty years later, finding a complete set in the original box with no cracks, no chips, no restoration, original paint, and original decals intact is not routine.
This example includes the often-missing introduction card alongside all original cardboard inserts, and the seller grades the bobbleheads themselves as outstanding with great color and gloss. The box has scattered shelf wear and some tears to the cellophane window—which is exactly what you would expect from sixty years of storage—while retaining its structure and form. At $805 for a complete, unrestored, original-box example of one of the most coveted sets in Beatles memorabilia collecting, this represents fair market value for condition and completeness.
1964 UK Selcol “New Beat” Beatles Guitar — Original Box, All Stickers, Original Strap
Current bid: $960.00 View on eBay
The Selcol New Beat Guitar is the flagship item of 1964 Beatles toy merchandise—a 32-inch, four-string instrument manufactured in the UK for the British market at the precise moment when every child in the country wanted to be a Beatle.
The survival rate of these guitars in genuinely displayable condition is low: the stickers peeled, the tuning keys disappeared, the rope strap was lost, the plastic New Beat emblem fell off, the diamond headstock detail wore away, the body cracked. Finding one that has retained all of these elements sixty years later is the kind of find the seller’s capitalized enthusiasm is not exaggerating.
This example retains the Selcol sticker inside the body, the sticker on the body exterior, the New Beat plastic emblem with full color, the diamond headstock detail with all silver present, all original tuning keys, the original orange and black twist rope strap, and all original printed signatures—with no cracks. The box grades VG+ with one of the two handles intact and retains great form. The condition description suggests this is among the finest surviving examples of this specific item. At $960 for a near-complete, unrestored Selcol New Beat Guitar with original box, this is priced at the premium end for premium condition.
John Lennon “Roots” Original 1975 LP and Two Bonus LPs
Current bid: $810.00 View on eBay
The Roots album—formally titled John Lennon Sings the Great Rock & Roll Hits—has one of the strangest and most legally contentious backstories in the history of the Beatles solo catalog. Morris Levy of Adam VIII Ltd. released it in 1975 without authorization, essentially a bootleg of Lennon’s abandoned Rock ‘n’ Roll sessions that Levy claimed he had a right to after a complicated legal dispute involving the song “Come Together.”
Capitol rushed the official Rock ‘n’ Roll album to market to compete with it, and Levy’s version was quickly pulled—making surviving original pressings genuinely scarce and highly sought after by collectors who want the full picture of what the early-to-mid 1970s Lennon catalog actually looked like in real time.
The seller makes the authentication argument explicitly and at length, which reflects the reality that reproduction copies of this specific title circulate widely. This example comes with the original Adam VIII inner sleeve and the ad supplement/insert in near-mint condition, and the cover grades VG+++ with no splits—the last detail being genuinely important for a 50-year-old LP cover. The two bonus LPs advertised on the Roots back cover (Soul Train and 20 Solid Gold Hits) are included, one in original shrinkwrap. At $810 for a verified original of one of the rarest and most historically complicated of all Lennon US pressings, this is priced for serious collectors who know exactly what they’re looking at.