Nick Yulman

Greenpoint Brooklyn, NY

Rutherford Chang

Friend

Rutherford collects serialized versions of the Beatles' White Album.

He doesn't collect any other records and doesn't even own a turntable. Sometimes, he has to buy a lot with several Beatles albums on ebay to get a copy but he regards the others as trash.

He has over 500 copies of the White Album. He also keeps a spreadsheet with information on each copy and how he acquired them (serial number, price paid, description, seller, etc).
He says he hopes to acquire all 3 million of the numbered first pressing.

The collection is stored in white boxes at our friend Ann's apartment in Soho. Up until recently, Rutherford lived in China and couldn't get them mailed to him there. So, he bought them on ebay and had them sent to Ann's house. He move to NYC recently but still has no permanent home here so they remain at Ann's place.

Ann stores them at her apartment. Rutherford calls that section her apartment his "office".