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So, I was looking up the price of a record on ebay just now and came across this auction:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/nofx-decline...04%26rk%3D1%26
That seems nuts for a NOFX record. It got me to thinking, what is the most outrageous price that you have seen a record sold.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/nofx-decline...04%26rk%3D1%26
That seems nuts for a NOFX record. It got me to thinking, what is the most outrageous price that you have seen a record sold.
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John English III I Need You Near 60s garage rock 45 sold for $7,600 on ebay in 2005.
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I sold a set of all three colors of Dropkick Murphys "Curse of a Fallen Soul" 7" for about $600 12 years ago on Ebay
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Bargain of the century!
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I paid $2,869 for a first pressing of Meet The Beatles that was in mint condition in november thats the most ive ever seen for a record that I was actually interested in. The most insane one I saw was at an auction in 2010 and it was for a copy of Elvis's first single on sun records its sold for 8 thousand something
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Wow, do you play the record on your turntable or just keep it cherry? Is it a British or U.S. pressing? Mono or stereo? Im fascinated when someone spends that kind of money on a piece of music.
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I picked up a bunch of Beatles vinyl for $1 apiece at a garage sale when I was in high school. My classmate whose dad sold them to me was so mad.
They're probably somewhere in storage at my parents' place. Any value in those records today?
They're probably somewhere in storage at my parents' place. Any value in those records today?
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There's a Joy Division single that always goes for a fortune. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Ideal_for_Living
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I work at a record store and Beatles records come in nearly every day.
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There's a Joy Division single that always goes for a fortune. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Ideal_for_Living
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I talked to a guy I know who owns a record store in LA about this. He sold a Bob Dylan acetate album for $10,000 once.
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A lot of Third Man Records titles can fetch pretty high prices ($100 and up) on eBay. Particularly ones that are from the vault series but I guess those make some sense as they're membership exclusive titles. Pearl Jam stuff can get pretty high too.
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I paid $2,869 for a first pressing of Meet The Beatles that was in mint condition in november thats the most ive ever seen for a record that I was actually interested in. The most insane one I saw was at an auction in 2010 and it was for a copy of Elvis's first single on sun records its sold for 8 thousand something
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I saw a Casino Royale vinyl soundtrack in the window of some NYC record store with a tag on it for $600. This was about the time in the 90s that it was declared an audiophile album by some stereo magazine. I'd had the CD for 6-7 years at that point. I picked up a vinyl copy on eBay 3 years later for $20. Have purchased a CD reissue that's a needle drop with pitch correction and another vinyl copy since then. Never figured out if the $600 copy was the equivalent of a first print or what.
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I've seen a second stage Beatles Yesterday and Today, still in plastic, go for thousands on Ebay. I was surprised to learn that the second stage (unpeeled) albums now go for more than the original butcher covers. It's not so much crazy prices but because of supply and demand for a collectible. Nobody's buying it for the music.
I do wonder if the price of Beatles memorabilia will peak soon. The generation of people whose lives were touched by the Beatles are getting old and will be less likely to want to accumulate stuff. In 15-20 years they'll be rapidly dying off. How valuable is Glenn Miller memorabilia these days?
I do wonder if the price of Beatles memorabilia will peak soon. The generation of people whose lives were touched by the Beatles are getting old and will be less likely to want to accumulate stuff. In 15-20 years they'll be rapidly dying off. How valuable is Glenn Miller memorabilia these days?
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MR Round, what was special about that copy?
Not sure if serious, but The Residents are selling a box set for $100,000.
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I've seen a second stage Beatles Yesterday and Today, still in plastic, go for thousands on Ebay. I was surprised to learn that the second stage (unpeeled) albums now go for more than the original butcher covers. It's not so much crazy prices but because of supply and demand for a collectible. Nobody's buying it for the music.
I do wonder if the price of Beatles memorabilia will peak soon. The generation of people whose lives were touched by the Beatles are getting old and will be less likely to want to accumulate stuff. In 15-20 years they'll be rapidly dying off. How valuable is Glenn Miller memorabilia these days?
I do wonder if the price of Beatles memorabilia will peak soon. The generation of people whose lives were touched by the Beatles are getting old and will be less likely to want to accumulate stuff. In 15-20 years they'll be rapidly dying off. How valuable is Glenn Miller memorabilia these days?
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It's very easy for young people to be exposed to the Beatles. Pop culture still celebrates them to this day. Glenn Miller? Not so much.
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That said, I'm 33, had just celebrated my first birthday a few days before Lennon's murder, and the only recollection I have of any of the solo Beatles having any big hits was George Harrison's renaissance when I was about 8-9 as even Macca's big hits had come to an end around 1984-1985... yet The Beatles are one of my fave groups. I didn't like them much as a kid and only knew of their image, but once I cracked into their albums as I got older, I understood the hype. I know plenty of die-hard Beatle fans who are younger than me and have no recollection of Lennon being alive or Paul McCartney being anything more than that lovable old uncle type.