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Combine the world’s most famous rock band with one of the world’s most famous board games and you get The Beatles Collector’s Edition of MONOPOLY, a game that turns the familiar pursuit of real estate into a trip through Beatles history.
This particular version is the 2010 Collector’s Edition, recognizable by its terrific collage-style box featuring images of The Beatles at different points in their career. There are the young Beatles in their early suits, later-era photographs, silhouettes recalling some of the band’s iconic imagery such as the walk across Abbey Road and the cover of their 1965 album and eponymous film, HELP! Mr. Monopoly himself even gets in on the action. It’s a pretty great piece of Beatles memorabilia before you even open the box.
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It was at the Five Points Festival that I spotted this amazing painting by artist Paul Fernandez-Carol that mashes up The Beatles with characters from Star Wars in a very clever way. On one hand, we could be looking at The Beatles, dressed in their colorful, highly-recognizable satin band suits from the Sgt. Pepper-album cover — Ringo in Pink, John in Yellow, Paul in Blue and George in Red — who are avoiding being recognized by wearing disguises on their heads. On the other hand, this might be the Star Wars saga characters of a Scout Trooper, Darth Vader, Boba Fett and an Imperial Stormtrooper (who are all distinguishable by the helmets they wear) posing as The Beatles. Who can say? Speaking of posing, I believe that the figures’ poses in this painting were copied from This Photo of the Fab Four taken in 1967 during a promotional photo shoot for the Sgt. Pepper album cover. You can see more art by Fernandez-Carol on his page at Seven Arts Gallery.
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These vintage glass Christmas Tree ornaments of The Fab Four (circa 1964) were made in Italy and are hand blown. An entire set intact is quite rare, but sometimes you can find single ornaments from the set for auction on eBay for upwards of several hundred dollars each.
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