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6 February 2014 Last updated at 10:20
Marvin Gaye passport found by collector in album sleeve
A US music collector has uncovered
the 1964 passport of Motown legend Marvin Gaye after it fell out of the sleeve
of an album he bought at an estate sale.
The Detroit man shared his find, which was valued at $20,000 (£12,275), on an edition of the US Antiques Roadshow.
He said he paid 50 cents for the album from the sale of possessions belonging to a late musician in the city.
Programme expert Laura Woolley said how exactly Gaye's passport ended up in a record sleeve would never be known.
She added the album belonged to another musician, so it could be assumed that he had worked with Gaye at some point.
Woolley noted that Gaye's surname had already had an 'e' added to it, which happened after the singer was signed to Motown Records as a solo artist.
She also said that the document, a highly personal item, contained Gaye's signature, adding to its worth.
It also contains evidence that he was travelling abroad as his career began to take off.
The owner of the document, when told of how much he would need to insure it for, said: "Are you kidding me? I never would have thought. I mean, I'm just shocked. I mean... wow. Oh gosh, thank you."
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