Holy Beatles relic found

Hallelujah!

October 17, 2011 at 5:11PM
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Have they carbon-dated it for authenticity? AP says:

Beatles scholars! Wonder if they put that on their resume. Can you get a degree in Beatles Studies? I'm afraid to check. Look, they were a great band and they wrote some wonderful songs that will stand the test of time, but this isn't a lost fragment of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Nevertheless, it's being handed with the care and devotion one would give a precious relic:

A Christie's employee displays a letter  inviting an unknown drummer to audition for The Beatles, at their auction house in London,  Monday, Oct. 17, 2011. The handwritten letter by Paul McCartney, dated 12 August 1960, inviting an unknown drummer to audition for The Beatles, was discovered folded-up inside a book, by an anonymous collector at a car boot sale in Bootle, Liverpool, England. It is expected to sell at auction for 7,000-9,000 pounds (11,050- 14,200 US dollars). (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
(AP/The Minnesota Star Tribune)
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