The 10 Most Valuable Record Covers. The Beatles Butcher cover. I know some of you reading this will find it hard to believe, but once upon a time the cover of a vinyl record was a major selling point to the album. Sometimes people actually took a chance on a record because the cover was so cool, never happens today.
Marquis de Condorcet (1743). Marquis de Condorcet. It was on this date, September 17, 1743, that French mathematician and political philosopher Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas Caritat, Marquis de Condorcet, was born in Ribemont, Picardy, France.
Count of St. Germain. The Comte de Saint Germain (French pronunciation: â; Born ~ 1691 died 27 February 1784) was a European adventurer, with an interest in science and the arts. He achieved prominence in European high society of the mid-1700s. Prince Charles of Hesse-Kassel considered him to be one of the greatest philosophers who ever lived.