Expert Pooh-Poohs Reported Beatles Cache

Beatles material reportedly bought for $35 last month by a British tourist at an Australian flea market is not rare memorabilia, a Beatles expert said.

London’s Times newspaper had reported that a suitcase bought by Fraser Claughton, 41, was packed with Beatles photos, concert programs and unreleased recordings.

But Pete Nash, a memorabilia expert who examined the contents, said he saw photocopied ticket stubs, laser-scanned pictures from the 1990s -- and no rare recordings. “It’s farcical, really,” he said.