The limited edition “first print” albums were made only for The Beatles and Capitol Records executives exclusively, and all of the other known albums have been taken out of their seal. Ringo Starr himself auctioned off an unsealed “first print” copy (Number 0000005) in 2015 and fetched $790,000. This album — which has a starting bid of just $25,000 — comes from a well known Beatles collector and has been privately appraised for $1 million.
The first-ever pressed copy of the record was sold at auction last December for $790,000 (£522,438). Previous reports suggested that it had sold for $910,000 (£600,000), but Guinness World Records have now corrected this.
More commonly known as 'The White Album', each unit of the record came with its own serial number stamped on the cover.
The No. 0000001 album was sold by Julien's Auctions in Beverly Hills. Proceeds from the sale went to the Lotus Foundation, which was founded by Starr and his wife, Barbara Bach.
Guinness World Records say that the record-breaking copy was stored in a vault by Starr for 35 years and was sold in near mint condition.