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7. The Beatles Monopoly Game $26.99

It's Monopoly, only Beatles-ized! The traditional game play allows Beatles fans to own and trade some of the greatest icons in Fab Four history. Traditional houses and hotels are renamed Listening Parties and Concerts. Six custom pewter tokens include The Walrus, Here Comes The Sun, Maxwell's Silver Hammer, Strawberry, Octopus's Garden and Rocky Raccoon. The perfect activity while listening to your favorite Beatles albums.

8. Limited Edition Ultimate Collector's Box: Beatles iPod Set $795.00

No, The Beatles aren't on iTunes yet, but this is the next best thing: a numbered 120G video iPod in classic black, etched with the Beatles' logo on the front and Abbey Road on the back. Includes all 13 original Beatles' CDs, plus the two Past Masters collections and the Love set. Also included is an engraved guitar pick. Packaged in a box designed by Psycho Bunny. Only 2500 available. Available exclusively from Bloomingdale's.

9. The Smithereens - Meet The Smithereens! $17.98

Like millions of Americans, New Jersey's Smithereens came to know The Beatles from the epochal album Meet The Beatles. To celebrate the 43rd anniversary of its release, the band rerecorded the disc in its entirety, and they do so with gusto and reverence. From the wham-bam charm of I Want To Hold Your Hand to the wistful doo-wop harmonies of This Boy to the propulsive thrill of I Saw Her Standing There, leader Pat DiNizio and the gang recapture the exuberance of 1964 like nobody's business.

10. Beatles autographs $9,500.00

A single vintage Beatle autograph is a item to be treasured, but all four on the same page is a one-of-a-kind thing of beauty. This 4 1/2 x 4 aqua blue album page was signed in blue ballpoint by all four Beatles on 7 June 1963 (that's Paul's 'Beatles' next to his signature - surely, a year later he wouldn't have to identify the name of the band anymore). The signatures are well proportioned, clear and in near-mint condition. The autograph page is house and framed with an authentic 'Nempix' publicity photo of the boys taken by famed photographer Dezo Hoffman. If you've got the cash, grab it.

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11. The Beatles Yesterday And Today 'Butcher Block' album $47,500.00

Yes, there are other 'Butcher Block' LPs out there (Capitol's unreleased version of The Beatles Yesterday And Today album with the group dressed in butcher smocks and covered in meat and disembodied baby dolls). What makes this historic item truly unique is that it's a 'first state' version in its original shrink wrap, and is the last copy owned by Alan Livingston, one-time Capitol Records president who signed The Beatles to the American label. A spectacular collectible, accompanied by a signed, notarized letter of authenticity. As an added bonus, there's a copy of the recall letter that went out to distributors in 1966. Take out a loan and pick this up. It'll only grow in value.

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12. Golden Dreams £175

Genesis Publications is renowned for its signed and numbered limited edition books on pop culture. Golden Dreams is the follow-up to the sold-out Liverpool Days, and finds famed photographer Astrid Kirchherr training her lens on The Beatles during the filming of A Hard Day's Night. As most Beatles fans know, Kirchherr befriended the band when they first visited Germany in 1960, and she became engaged to the group's original bass player, Stuart Sutcliffe. Golden Dreams is limited to 2,500 individually numbered copies, each personally signed by Kirchherr and Max Scheler, who also contributed photos.

13. Original 1964 Ringo Starr 'New Beat' drum set $6,500.00

Okay, so it's not a full drum kit, but it is a pretty wicked piece of memorabilia. Issued in 1964, the Selcol Beatles Ringo Starr 'New Beat' kit includes a snare drum, sticks, instructional booklet, tightening key and support legs. The drum is in mint condition, as in never used, and it comes in its original box. The Selcol company sticker is still attached and the all metal parts are described as shiny new.

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14. Lowell Toys sealed Beatles wig 1964 $300.00

You can't really call yourself a Beatles fan if you don't have a Beatle wig, now, can you? Here's the genuine article, a vintage mop top - unopened to boot. Billed on the die-cut header card as 'the only Authentic Beatle Wig.' lest you fall for those crazy phoney mops, the wig itself is in excellent condition and still sealed in the original package. So put on your Beatles hair and get with the now sounds from those Liverpool boys from this Christmas.

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