Those waxwork heads of the Beatles that featured on the cover of the Sgt Pepper's album cover have sold for £81,500 after an apparent frenzy of bidding. As previously reported, the heads were being auctioned off by London auction house Cooper Owen after they were recently discovered in a back room in Madame Tussauds. Cooper Owen creative director Louise Cooper said "They're incredibly rare. Obviously there are various Beatles heads but these are on the most famous album cover of all time. You wouldn't think that anyone would be willing to pay this much for some wax. But this isn't any old wax - these heads truly represent a slice of music history."
Also sold in the auction were original portrait bust of Diana Dors, also featured on the album cover, which went for £15,000, and a pair of signature Beatles jackets used in the pre-promotion of 'Hard Day's Night' which went for £65,000.