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Interview With Mark Zakarin

Aired November 18, 2003 - 11:48   ET

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.

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DARYN KAGAN, CNN ANCHOR: So, have you been looking high and low for that yellow submarine the Beatles premiered back in 1968? Or how about an outfit worn by Elton John in concert? We have them if you want them. The Web site, ItsOnlyRockNRoll.com is auctioning off those and some 850 other rare rock memorabilia on it Web site. One of the site's founders, Mark Zakarin, joins us live from New York to tell us how you can get your hands and bid on these items for sale.
Mark, good morning.

MARK ZAKARIN, ITSONLYROCKNROLL.COM: Hi, how are you?

KAGAN: Good. I'm just checking out your site. I think it's important to tell folks you have to say ItsOnlyRockNRoll.com. Like not "and roll".com

ZAKARIN: I-T-S-OnlyRock, R-O-C-K, N, letter "n", Roll.com. Thank you.

KAGAN: And you go online. And see a lot of the items, including the yellow submarine. Not, we're not talking the album, we are talking the yellow submarine.

ZAKARIN: This was one of two props that were made to put in the movie theaters. This one was for L.A. And this is actually a photo of it because we couldn't even fit it in the building today.

KAGAN: It's eight feet long?

ZAKARIN: It's eight feet long.

(CROSSTALK)

KAGAN: ... what's the minimum bid on that?

ZAKARIN: The minimum bid is $15,000.

KAGAN: Wow. OK. Beatles perfume.

ZAKARIN: Yes. Beatles perfume is from 1963. We can prove it because a girl from New England went to see her pen pal at Christmas time and received it as a gift. And it's worth upwards of $10,000.

KAGAN: Wow. And Beatles hair spray.

ZAKARIN: Hair spray as well. They made a lot of cosmetic products. They licensed hundreds of items in 1964. And the hair spray begins at $500, will probably sell for about $1,500.

KAGAN: OK, I'm going ask you in just a minute how people can make bids on that. But meanwhile we've been having our viewers write in with what they have in their attic. And they want to get your guestimation on what it might be worth. OK?

ZAKARIN: I'll be happy to give a psychic appraisal.

KAGAN: All right, the first comes from Carol in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. She has a program from the February 16, 1964 "Ed Sullivan Show." I's autographed by all four Beatles. And she's had it for the last 39 year.

ZAKARIN: Wow, I guess she got it herself. And A signed program book, an authentic one signed by all four Beatles will retail at approximately $20,000 to $30,000 for "The Ed Sullivan Show."

KAGAN: Whoa, Carol. Carol's our new best friend. That's good news for her.

All right. This one is about the band the Who. And this is from Drew. Drew, about the Who, says that Drew has the band's copy of their contract from their promoter at Woodstock, complete with them jotting their notes for money, stats and creating a new song on the back. It's with their copy of their live performance at Woodstock on vinyl. And that is, to his knowledge, never been played.

ZAKARIN: This is why you need experts. This is the most common item I receive calls about...

(CROSSTALK)

ZAKARIN: The "Live at Leeds" album had a whole section of reprints of the original Woodstock contract and a bunch of different literature. And no doubt this is one of those piece. In fact if it was original contract for Woodstock, we'd be talking again probably $25,000 to $50,000.

KAGAN: But if it's not? If it's something more common?

ZAKARIN: It's just worth pennies. It was inserted in the album with a whole bunch of other reprints. And to my knowledge every single one, of course, are these reprints. No one has ever unearthed the original one, to my knowledge.

KAGAN: Drew, sorry about that. Maybe Carol can loan you some money.

Jill has a copy of "Rolling Stone" magazine from January 22, 1981, honoring John Lennon with him and Yoko on the cover. It's been in a frame, so it's in good condition. Just curious if that's worth anything.

ZAKARIN: It's probably worth around $50, maybe $75. They made quite a number of the issues and a lot people saved their magazines and newspapers throughout the years. KAGAN: And let's get this last one in. It's from John, it concerns a yellow submarine. Not the yellow submarine like you have behind you. But John says he has in his attic the original artist's pencil sketches for the animated film "Yellow Submarine."

ZAKARIN: Yes, there are quite a number of those available just like these cells, the original animation cells. And those sketches sell for about $100 to $300.

KAGAN: Let's get a few more of your items in here. Beatles toy banjo.

ZAKARIN: The banjo is right here. This is one of the rarest Beatle toys. Beatles, I doubt they ever played a banjo. When they merchandised it, they wanted to sell everything. It's worth about $5,000 without the card. We're starting it $5,000 and I guarantee it will bring more than $15,000. A card or original box often doubles or triples the value.

KAGAN: Have you been gathering all this stuff for years and it's time to sell it off?

ZAKARIN: Most of the Beatle stuff is from a gal in Atlanta who gave us a collection. We have other consigners. I am a collector. We assimilated it all together and put together this tremendous auction.

KAGAN: Folks go on line. How long is the bidding open for?

ZAKARIN: It's open until December 9. On December 9 the whole auction closes at once when 15 minutes elapses without a hit online or without a phone call with a continuing bid.

KAGAN: So there's also a place people can call in?

ZAKARIN: Oh, yes, they sure can. 631-385-1306 and we'll also send them a catalog.

KAGAN: We'll have to have you back in December to see what the big bids were and what tall money that came in and the most talked about items.

ZAKARIN: Thank you very much.

KAGAN: Thank you for giving us some expert advice to our viewers out there and what they have.

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Aired November 18, 2003 - 11:48   ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
DARYN KAGAN, CNN ANCHOR: So, have you been looking high and low for that yellow submarine the Beatles premiered back in 1968? Or how about an outfit worn by Elton John in concert? We have them if you want them. The Web site, ItsOnlyRockNRoll.com is auctioning off those and some 850 other rare rock memorabilia on it Web site. One of the site's founders, Mark Zakarin, joins us live from New York to tell us how you can get your hands and bid on these items for sale.
Mark, good morning.

MARK ZAKARIN, ITSONLYROCKNROLL.COM: Hi, how are you?

KAGAN: Good. I'm just checking out your site. I think it's important to tell folks you have to say ItsOnlyRockNRoll.com. Like not "and roll".com

ZAKARIN: I-T-S-OnlyRock, R-O-C-K, N, letter "n", Roll.com. Thank you.

KAGAN: And you go online. And see a lot of the items, including the yellow submarine. Not, we're not talking the album, we are talking the yellow submarine.

ZAKARIN: This was one of two props that were made to put in the movie theaters. This one was for L.A. And this is actually a photo of it because we couldn't even fit it in the building today.

KAGAN: It's eight feet long?

ZAKARIN: It's eight feet long.

(CROSSTALK)

KAGAN: ... what's the minimum bid on that?

ZAKARIN: The minimum bid is $15,000.

KAGAN: Wow. OK. Beatles perfume.

ZAKARIN: Yes. Beatles perfume is from 1963. We can prove it because a girl from New England went to see her pen pal at Christmas time and received it as a gift. And it's worth upwards of $10,000.

KAGAN: Wow. And Beatles hair spray.

ZAKARIN: Hair spray as well. They made a lot of cosmetic products. They licensed hundreds of items in 1964. And the hair spray begins at $500, will probably sell for about $1,500.

KAGAN: OK, I'm going ask you in just a minute how people can make bids on that. But meanwhile we've been having our viewers write in with what they have in their attic. And they want to get your guestimation on what it might be worth. OK?

ZAKARIN: I'll be happy to give a psychic appraisal.

KAGAN: All right, the first comes from Carol in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. She has a program from the February 16, 1964 "Ed Sullivan Show." I's autographed by all four Beatles. And she's had it for the last 39 year.

ZAKARIN: Wow, I guess she got it herself. And A signed program book, an authentic one signed by all four Beatles will retail at approximately $20,000 to $30,000 for "The Ed Sullivan Show."

KAGAN: Whoa, Carol. Carol's our new best friend. That's good news for her.

All right. This one is about the band the Who. And this is from Drew. Drew, about the Who, says that Drew has the band's copy of their contract from their promoter at Woodstock, complete with them jotting their notes for money, stats and creating a new song on the back. It's with their copy of their live performance at Woodstock on vinyl. And that is, to his knowledge, never been played.

ZAKARIN: This is why you need experts. This is the most common item I receive calls about...

(CROSSTALK)

ZAKARIN: The "Live at Leeds" album had a whole section of reprints of the original Woodstock contract and a bunch of different literature. And no doubt this is one of those piece. In fact if it was original contract for Woodstock, we'd be talking again probably $25,000 to $50,000.

KAGAN: But if it's not? If it's something more common?

ZAKARIN: It's just worth pennies. It was inserted in the album with a whole bunch of other reprints. And to my knowledge every single one, of course, are these reprints. No one has ever unearthed the original one, to my knowledge.

KAGAN: Drew, sorry about that. Maybe Carol can loan you some money.

Jill has a copy of "Rolling Stone" magazine from January 22, 1981, honoring John Lennon with him and Yoko on the cover. It's been in a frame, so it's in good condition. Just curious if that's worth anything.

ZAKARIN: It's probably worth around $50, maybe $75. They made quite a number of the issues and a lot people saved their magazines and newspapers throughout the years. KAGAN: And let's get this last one in. It's from John, it concerns a yellow submarine. Not the yellow submarine like you have behind you. But John says he has in his attic the original artist's pencil sketches for the animated film "Yellow Submarine."

ZAKARIN: Yes, there are quite a number of those available just like these cells, the original animation cells. And those sketches sell for about $100 to $300.

KAGAN: Let's get a few more of your items in here. Beatles toy banjo.

ZAKARIN: The banjo is right here. This is one of the rarest Beatle toys. Beatles, I doubt they ever played a banjo. When they merchandised it, they wanted to sell everything. It's worth about $5,000 without the card. We're starting it $5,000 and I guarantee it will bring more than $15,000. A card or original box often doubles or triples the value.

KAGAN: Have you been gathering all this stuff for years and it's time to sell it off?

ZAKARIN: Most of the Beatle stuff is from a gal in Atlanta who gave us a collection. We have other consigners. I am a collector. We assimilated it all together and put together this tremendous auction.

KAGAN: Folks go on line. How long is the bidding open for?

ZAKARIN: It's open until December 9. On December 9 the whole auction closes at once when 15 minutes elapses without a hit online or without a phone call with a continuing bid.

KAGAN: So there's also a place people can call in?

ZAKARIN: Oh, yes, they sure can. 631-385-1306 and we'll also send them a catalog.

KAGAN: We'll have to have you back in December to see what the big bids were and what tall money that came in and the most talked about items.

ZAKARIN: Thank you very much.

KAGAN: Thank you for giving us some expert advice to our viewers out there and what they have.

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