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I usually hit the Lennon auctions on ebay and saw this...
http://cgi.ebay.com/John-Lennon-Signed- ... dZViewItem

Too much coin for me, If he gets a bid, it would be great. Me thinks his opening bid is up there because he really doesn't want to part with it.
Anyway, Good luck Peter!

For what it is, with the provenance, it's actually not a bad price. Best of luck, Peter.

Actually this was just in an auction. There are some 16 authentic known signed copies of these. Nice that there is lots of writing and the two caricatures.

Beatles signatures are down in price right now. There are loads of signatures out there, not enough buyers and the dealers are sitting on them as they can't get what they want.

Wow! Didn't kmow this was Peter Mac's! There was one that was just auctioned, might not have been this one.....

Here is the description from the other Double Fantasy signed album I was referring previously to. This was a November 28th auction from Alexander Autographs in Connecticut:

1763. JOHN LENNON (1940 - 1980) English singer and songwriter, the inspirational genius behind the success of The Beatles. Murdered outside his New York apartment. Excessively rare and most desirable signed album, a promotional copy of Lennon's last album, "Double Fantasy", issued by Warner Bros. only 23 days before Lennon would be shot down at the Dakota apartment building on December 8, 1980. On the front cover, the album pictures John tenderly kissing Yoko, and on the verso the couple are shown in profile standing on the sidewalk outside (ironically) the Dakota. At the upper-right on verso (as was his custom), John inscribed the album: "To Cathy love John Lennon". This item has been examined and approved by Beatles expert Frank Caiazzo on behalf of indisputable rock autograph and memorabilia authenticators, The Rock and Roll Trust and comes with his COA. Lacking record, a few very light, nearly indistinguishable wrinkles at extreme edges, else near fine. According to available records, this is one of but only eight such signed copies of this record ever located! Included with this lot is the original Frank Caiazzo letter of authenticity. $10,000 - 12,000

So I was wrong --- Peter's album might be one of the eight known or the ninth. Still very scarce!!

Wow, it sold. One bidder.

Congratulations Peter!
I wasn't so sure it was going to sell.

I hope you don't regret it.

That was actually a world record price for that album, with the exception of the MD Chapman one. One just sold last month at Alexander Autographs for $10,000, another sold last year at R&R for $8300. I really didn't think it would sell, especially on ebay, without a certification of authenticity from Beatle autograph expert, Frank Caiazzo.

Congrats, Peter!

Holy Moley! That is so cool! Congrats on the sale Peter! Wow....

Great sale, Peter!

Personally, I'd shed a tear, parting with this personal connection with The Man himself. I hope it goes to a very appreciative soul.

Yeah, everything does come to an end sometime or another. Nothing, however, could take the place of that story -- that is something that can be kept forever!

I told May about it. She said he got a $16,000.00 gift from John. He used to tell people of the autographs "one day this'll make you rich."

Peter,

I'm willing to bet you may be conflicted about having sold this. Maybe, maybe not. But if you are...

It was, after all, just a thing...an object, a possession. Having it or not having it has little to do with the act it represented...an effort of kindness that John Lennon thought important enough to do on your behalf. Now you also have a little message from May Pang, who probably sums it up best: the sale itself was also a gift to you from John Lennon. I think he would enjoy the fact that a kind thought, a stroke of the pen and a postage stamp has resulted in a tidy windfall for a young fan from Canada who once wrote a series of funny notes to him. I think he would smile about that.

Merry Christmas 2007. From John, it seems.

Well put, Mark!

Mark: Perhaps the greatest gift we can receive in this world is the kind words of someone who cares.

I am moved by many comments expressed here, but yours is as nice a gesture as I have ever received.

Above us, only sky. Thank you.

Here's something interesting... There's another signed copy of Double Fantasy on ebay. Not nearly as nice (rushed) as Peter's signed album, this one is going for $20,999.00. The seller (Beatles dealer) claims there is only ten known copies that were ever signed. Now, that is total garbage. John gave signed copies to every person involved on the album. Start counting. Then there was the fan copies (see peter) So if I had to estimate, a conservative amount would be about 50 signed copies. I think the number is probaby higher.