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== Value == Due to their rarity, some acetates can command high prices at auction. [[Brian Epstein]]'s collection of [[The Beatles|Beatles]] acetates fetched between $1,000 and $10,000 per disc,<ref name="Auction Epstein">{{cite web |url=http://www.rarebeatles.com/photospg/acetate.htm |title=She's Leaving Home acetate |date=2000-02-12 |access-date=2008-04-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080411202853/http://www.rarebeatles.com/photospg/acetate.htm |archive-date=11 April 2008 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Auction Market">{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1663067.stm |title=Beatles recording fetches $10,000 |date=2001-11-18 |access-date=2008-04-16 |work=BBC News}}</ref> with a rare one reaching £77,500 at auction.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2016-03-22 |title='Holy Grail' Beatles record sold for £77,500 at auction |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-merseyside-35870751 |access-date=2022-05-28}}</ref> An acetate from [[The Velvet Underground]], containing music that would later appear on their first album ''[[The Velvet Underground & Nico]]'', sold in 2006 for $25,200.<ref>[http://cgi.ebay.com/VELVET-UNDERGROUND-NICO-1966-Acetate-LP-ANDY-WARHOL_W0QQitemZ300060897304QQihZ020QQcategoryZ306QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem eBay - VELVET UNDERGROUND & NICO 1966 Acetate LP ANDY WARHOL], Second auction, ended December 16, 2006 ([http://www.popsike.com/VELVET-UNDERGROUND-NICO-1966-Acetate-LP-ANDY-WARHOL/300060897304.html auction details]).</ref> An acetate of Elvis Presley's "[[That's All Right]]" sold for $82,393.60 in 2013.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/elvis-record-proves-a-hit-at-dublin-auction-1.1337226 |title=Elvis record proves a hit at Dublin auction |website=Irishtimes.com |access-date=28 August 2018}}</ref> The only known copy of Presley's first recording—a 78 rpm acetate from 1953 featuring "[[My Happiness (popular song)|My Happiness]]" backed with "[[That's When Your Heartaches Begin]]"—sold for $300,000 at a [[Graceland]] auction in 2015.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Elvis Presley's first recording sells for $300,000|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-30741422|date=2015-01-09|access-date=2021-10-22|work=[[BBC News]]}}</ref>
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