Expert: James Michael Anderson - 1/20/2009

Question
I was a radio Dj back in the 60's when the Beatles first came to be. I have some Beatles records that were sent to the radio station for us to play. I think they are all first pressings. Three are (45's) Vee Jay disc jockey samples of Please Please Me, VJ498, 63.2967 and on te other side Ask Me Why 63.2968 and Thank you Girl, VJ522. 63.3219 on the other side, From Me To you, 63.3218 and the last one was on Tollie Records, P.S. I Love You,T-9008, 63.3169 and Love Me Do on the other side, T-9008, 63.3189.
I would say they are in "good' condition but but not excellent or superior condition because they have been played many times. What are they worth?

Answer
I am actually going to suggest that you try another "expert" on the value of the records.  However, given the nature of the VJ recordings prior to Capitol, I would guess that these VJ singles could be worth quite a bit (several hundred a piece).  The "Introducing the Beatles" album on VJ while NOT being a bootleg is rarer than a virgin "Butcher" cover.  Although "worn"- you may have quite a group of gems there, however, I do not know what their market value is.
Best of luck,
-Jim