Beatles record sells for US$7,800

A copy of The Beatles album "Beatles '65" has fetched about 7,800 dollars, at an auction in Japan. On Monday, collectors said the record auctioned at a record store in Nagoya City is extremely rare, as the strip is printed in brown.

Albums by Western artists were often sold in Japan with a strip of paper wrapped around the cover giving the translation of the title and other information in Japanese. Some Japanese collectors gauge the value of a Beatles vinyl album based on which color its strip has. "Beatles '65" went on sale in 1965 in the country. The auction's reserve was set at around 5,200 dollars.