00:00 This is only the appetiser folks, that ain't all.
00:06 It seems like just yesterday when Dallas Atkins bought his first Beatles souvenir.
00:12 Come into my little hideaway.
00:15 Here are the Beatles.
00:20 I have been a Beatles memorabilia collector since the late 60s and on.
00:29 I went out and found my very first album, made, bought out of my own pocket money, bought
00:36 from Walsons in Newcastle.
00:40 And from there he just couldn't let it be.
00:43 Someone couldn't afford the dress so they made it out of curtains, very collectible.
00:50 One of the original wigs, these are very hard to find.
00:53 The Beatles only game, flip your wig.
00:55 For 55 years Dallas has been on a magical mystery tour of the world's op shops, here,
01:01 there and everywhere across the Beatles universe, snapping up anything fab four.
01:07 Here we have the wonderful 8 tracks, remember those guys, back in the old Ford panel vans.
01:12 And ladies and gentlemen, girls and boys, we have George Harrison and Paul McCartney's
01:17 signature, received from a reporter who interviewed him in the 60s, he lost Ringo and John.
01:24 But after recently moving to Canberra and with display space at a premium, Dallas has
01:31 had to hide his love away and reluctantly decided he'd carried that weight for long enough.
01:38 Have you been called a bit crazy?
01:40 I was quite crazy, called crazy and some people would say I'm crazy to sell it.
01:47 But there is a time where we all have to decide what to do with our collections.
01:51 You could pass it on to the family but if they haven't got the passion, it may be passed
01:55 on to the tip.
01:57 He was in talks with the powerhouse museum to take the whole lot but that fell through,
02:04 so now it's Beatles for sale.
02:08 It's a sad chapter but it's an exciting chapter to see where it goes.
02:13 Beetle lunch boxes there.
02:14 As to what it's worth, well maybe $80,000 but money can't really buy this love.
02:21 Little jigsaw puzzle, Beatles hanky.
02:23 Tate Towers only made of iron.
02:25 It just goes on and on.
02:27 For Dallas Atkins though, all things must pass and his Beatles collecting passion is
02:34 reaching the end.
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