Crazy Priced Vinyl On EBAY

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does NO ONE think it odd that a US pressing of a who LP went for $660 dollars? It's mono, but jeeze, it's still not a UK mono!

― Special Agent Gene Krupa (orion), Sunday, 12 February 2006 19:39 (twenty years ago)

dude, don't you work for those dudes? anyway, some records ARE just really hard to find in mono. or stereo. one or the other. you know? or sometimes you could only get a mono mix on a promo radio copy.

― scott seward (scott seward), Sunday, 12 February 2006 20:16 (twenty years ago)

yeah, i do. haha. but that's still a lot of money for that record, i think.

― Special Agent Gene Krupa (orion), Sunday, 12 February 2006 20:22 (twenty years ago)

there are mono copies of pretty common records that almost nobody has ever seen cuz they are so hard to come by. so, they go for big bucks.

― scott seward (scott seward), Sunday, 12 February 2006 20:27 (twenty years ago)

but WHY are they so hard to come by? cuz they're languishing in basements and garages across the nation? it seems silly. who are the audiophile jerks getting into bidding wars over this shit?

― Special Agent Gene Krupa (orion), Sunday, 12 February 2006 20:30 (twenty years ago)

well, google just told me only 500 were pressed with a poster. but i don't think this one even had a poster!

― Special Agent Gene Krupa (orion), Sunday, 12 February 2006 20:33 (twenty years ago)

"but WHY are they so hard to come by?"

cuz by then everyone wanted stereo and they didn't make as many. try and find a mono copy of pipers at the gates of dawn. go ahead, i dare you.

― scott seward (scott seward), Sunday, 12 February 2006 20:43 (twenty years ago)

http://popsike.com/php/detaildata.php?itemnr=2568255387

― Special Agent Gene Krupa (orion), Sunday, 12 February 2006 20:45 (twenty years ago)

plus, little kidz would buy up the mono copies cuz they didn't give a shit and then they would wreck them. which is why it's hard to find really NICE mono copies. go ahead, try and find a super-clean mono copy of sgt.peppers, go ahead, i'll wait here. i'll tell you what you will find. 50 zillion stereo copies, most of them wrecked and the occasional clean stereo copy. but it probably won't even be a clean first pressing stereo copy.

― scott seward (scott seward), Sunday, 12 February 2006 20:48 (twenty years ago)

http://popsike.com/php/detaildata.php?itemnr=2597939158

― Special Agent Gene Krupa (orion), Sunday, 12 February 2006 20:49 (twenty years ago)

yeah, i mean, i unnderstand what yer saying, but still.. i just never realized the market dictated prices that high. if someone at a store tried to sell me a mono sgt. peppers for $500 I would be shocked and appalled.

― Special Agent Gene Krupa (orion), Sunday, 12 February 2006 20:50 (twenty years ago)

it still doesn't really explain that academy copy. it's not even a promo. a u.s. mono promo of the who sell out i can see going for that price, but not a stock copy. huh. you never know once people start bidding.

― scott seward (scott seward), Sunday, 12 February 2006 20:55 (twenty years ago)

weirdos. s'all i'm sayin.

― Special Agent Gene Krupa (orion), Sunday, 12 February 2006 21:04 (twenty years ago)

two weeks pass...

Congrats, Stinky7800!

― StanM (StanM), Thursday, 2 March 2006 20:12 (twenty years ago)

I hope he's an ilxor.

― Last Of The Famous International Pfunkboys (Kerr), Thursday, 2 March 2006 20:19 (twenty years ago)

jesus. how many rare records could YOU buy for $22,000?

― sleeve (sleeve), Thursday, 2 March 2006 20:40 (twenty years ago)

How much did that guy's collection of 7"s go for, about 3 months ago? (I don't rememebr enough about it to search for the thread.) They guy who had about 70,000 singles in his basement...?

― Dave will do (dave225.3), Thursday, 2 March 2006 20:45 (twenty years ago)

Congrats, Stinky7800!

-- StanM (Stan10...), March 3rd, 2006 7:12 AM. (later)

From that auction's questions:

Q: Hi - will you guarantee anonymity for the winner of the auction?
Feb-25-06

A: Yes, I can GUARANTEE that the winner's name and their contact details will remain totally private. This information will not be disclosed to any third party unless I have the winner's consent.

"I don't want anyone to know what a fucking idiot I am for spending over twelve thousand pounds on a fucking Sex Pistols 7""

― S- (sgh), Friday, 3 March 2006 03:29 (twenty years ago)

if you see what else stinky bought on ebay, you'll see he's a bit of a pistols fan

― gear (gear), Friday, 3 March 2006 03:40 (twenty years ago)

http://cgi.ebay.com/Rare-Michael-Hurley-LP-Folkways-First-Songs-NM_W0QQitemZ4846847451QQcategoryZ306QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

― Special Agent Gene Krupa (orion), Thursday, 9 March 2006 20:06 (twenty years ago)

http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-BEATLES-VINYL-LP-REVOLVER-ALBUM_W0QQitemZ4844711642QQcategoryZ306QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

There HAD to have been some shill bidding going on with this one!! According to the average completed auction thingy the average price of an LP of Revolver was about $20. So not only does this person sell his for $460, but they also have two people asking them questions, one BEGGING them not to end the auction early. It's not even in mint condition!

― musically (musically), Monday, 13 March 2006 10:08 (twenty years ago)

Well, I dunno. There is some crazy bidding on stuff that if it approaches mint condition or newness, sky's the limit. As far as Beatles' stuff is concerned.

1) daft sticker on the front
2) shrinkwrap on it

― mark grout (mark grout), Monday, 13 March 2006 10:15 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, people can get a little crazy for Beatle stuff, but I am looking at another copy of Revolver that sold for about $20, and it's actually shrink wrapped and still COMPLETELY wrapped (instead of the wrap just being left on for show). Other completely sealed copies go for $50 or less. So is a Kmart sticker and some leftover shrink wrap worth $440? Or more, considering the shape of the record isn't even that fabulous in the first place?

― musically (musically), Monday, 13 March 2006 10:23 (twenty years ago)

It's the "Contains the hits" sticker on the front that did it I reckon.

― mark grout (mark grout), Monday, 13 March 2006 10:27 (twenty years ago)

how does "shill" bidding work? If a seller bids on his own stuff and winds up the winner, doesn't he have to eat fees on the inflated sale without anyone to sell it to? he could be out $20-$30 if he was the $400 bidder.

― gritty sanskrit (sanskrit), Monday, 13 March 2006 12:56 (twenty years ago)

Shillers are usually pretty good at bidding enough to raise the price without actually winning. I suppose if they ever have to eat up the cost it doesn't compare to the amount of money they made through other artifically inflated auctions. Maybe I'm wrong and it really was worth that much, but I simply don't see it.

― musically (musically), Monday, 13 March 2006 13:06 (twenty years ago)

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/vinyl-LP-BELLE-SEBASTIAN-tigermilk-ELECTRIC-HONEY_W0QQitemZ4847375447QQcategoryZ2260QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

― Last Of The Famous International Pfunkboys (Kerr), Monday, 13 March 2006 17:06 (twenty years ago)

That copy of "Revolver" is a cut-out, fergodsake!

― morris pavilion (samjeff), Monday, 13 March 2006 17:09 (twenty years ago)

Tigermilk has been known to go for £750 or something in times past, hasn't it?

― DJ Mencap (DJ Mencap), Monday, 13 March 2006 17:24 (twenty years ago)

Was that before or after the reissue?

― Last Of The Famous International Pfunkboys (Kerr), Monday, 13 March 2006 17:28 (twenty years ago)

xpost

The Beatles auction looks legitimate to me. Beatles collectors are obsessed with--and even specialize in--such minutiae as sleeve stickers. The condition of the record and everything else becomes moot. If you look at most of the heavy bidders for this auction, they all seem interested in Beatles stuff with "unusual" stickers.

Now whether or not that makes that copy of Revolver "worth" $400+ is another discussion entirely.

― r3000, Monday, 13 March 2006 17:35 (twenty years ago)

In that 'averages' list on the link above on the word "this"

(breath)

One of the albums is 'evident' as an original pressing, and was $240 or thereabouts before the ad was cancelled/rescheduled.

― mark grout (mark grout), Monday, 13 March 2006 17:37 (twenty years ago)

Rank self-promotion.

― Chris Ott (Chris Ott), Monday, 13 March 2006 17:41 (twenty years ago)

Got to say, the writing on the white label's sleeve looks uncannily like Morrissey's own.

Unless all his fans copy his handwriting style too. (which is quite possible)

― mark grout (mark grout), Monday, 13 March 2006 17:48 (twenty years ago)

yo, if anyone wants a butcher cover i got da hookup--$1200.

― Special Agent Gene Krupa (orion), Monday, 13 March 2006 17:59 (twenty years ago)

Any good stickers?

― morris pavilion (samjeff), Monday, 13 March 2006 18:02 (twenty years ago)

no good stickers, i'm afraid.

― Special Agent Gene Krupa (orion), Monday, 13 March 2006 18:06 (twenty years ago)

The value of Disco Inferno records is really getting out of hand.