All you need is loo as Beatles rarities sold

A mono copy Two Virgins, which he recorded with Yoko Ono, is expected to fetch at least 2,500.

When the avant-garde LP was released in November 1968 it was sold in brown paper bags because the sleeve featured a naked picture of the couple.

Although a limited release of 5,000 stereo versions of the album was available in shops, fans had to write to the record label to purchase a mono copy of the record.

The exact number of mono copies sold is not known, but auction organisers say it is likely to be as few as a “couple of hundred”.

As a result, Saturday’s sale, part of the 33rd annual Beatles Convention in Liverpool, is attracting record levels of interest.

The auction is also inviting bids for Lennon’s toilet from Tittenhurst Park, his Berkshire home between 1969 and 1972. Lennon told builder John Hancock to keep the porcelain lavatory and “use it as a plant pot” after he had installed a new one. It carries an estimate of 750 to 1,000.