EXPERTS

Jeff Bender of Washington, D.C., founding member of the Record Collectors Guild.

Charles Hutchinson, a manager of Academy Records & CDs, in New York City.

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES
Goldmine's Guide to Collectible Record Albums, ($24, Krause Publications) or any of the guides by Jerry Osborne. You can reach dealers and have records appraised at the guild website, www.recordcollectorsguild.org, Bender says.

HOLY GRAIL
The notorious so-called Butcher cover from the 1966 Beatles album Yesterday and Today, which Capitol Records changed after complaints from Dis and others who received advance copies. A factory-sealed copy recently sold for $38,500.