Via the BBC:
Beatles autographs collected by a firefighter receiving his MBE on the same day as the band have sold at auction for thousands of pounds.
The circumstances in 1965 sound like lyrics to the Beatles' song Penny Lane: At Buckingham Palace there was a fireman with some autographs, and in his pocket a medal from the Queen.
It was the quirky background that piqued the interest, the buyer said.
But there was an additional feature to the story - a fireman's faux pas.
On 26 October 58 years ago, George Goodman collected the signatures of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr for his daughter Joy, then 12.
But as the band signed her book, he told them: "I don't know what she sees in you" - a comment about which McCartney would tell reporters.
The Staffordshire-based buyer, 57, a life-long Beatles fan who wished to remain anonymous, paid £7.4k for a page of history, and said: "It was the story behind these autographs which did it, you can't fault it."
He added his purchase fulfilled a "lifetime's ambition".
Mr Goodman was at one time chief fire prevention officer for Birmingham, although there is no word on whether he liked to keep his fire engine clean.
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