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A local thrift store has recently stocked a rare Beatles record; an original "second-state" printing Yesterday and Today. "Second-state" meaning the re-labeled album cover. Collectors describe it as follows:

First State: The original cover featuring the group wearing white butcher coats covered with dismembered plastic baby-doll parts and slabs of raw meat.

Second State: The original sleeve with new, more "suitable" cover art pasted over it.

Third State: The original cover with the pasted version peeled off, re-exposing the "butcher cover."

So, yeah, they have a rarity. Problem is... they know it.

They want $150.00. The record itself looks to be okay. No major scratches, but I know it will sound a little crackly. I haven't really researched it, but that's not a bad deal, according to what little I've seen on eBay and the like. But the thing is, I'm not really a collector in that sense, so I might let it slide. Though, recently, my interest in vinyl recordings has been evolving. And this would make an awesome addition to my fledging vinyl collection.

What to do?