The infamous VU "garage sale acetate" for sale now - Page 7

atari 2600 · 12.08.2006, 10:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by towelie

A 1966 Velvet Underground acetate LP is a valuable collector's item and should be kept in the best condition as possible and the best way to do this is to wrap it in a towel.

I'm gonna get high now.

You're inspiring me to hum some Tina Turner:
You're simply the best/
better than all the rest

static-harmony · 12.08.2006, 10:36 PM

Hopefully is some corporate label so it can be released, And it doesn't end up in some makeshift museum in Las Vegas.

atari 2600 · 12.08.2006, 10:42 PM

There is the chance too that the high bidder is an investor, and not necessarily a fan. That's certainly the way Warren Hill promoted this and it's going to pay a big dividend. He held on to it for years and got some free PR behind it before he took it to auction...during the holiday shopping season, no less.

If this is the case, then the buyer is obviously counting on reselling it years later for even more. I don't think this is a wise investment at all. I can't see it actually increasing any more in value for a long, long, long...long time. They'd be better off buying some fine art. But maybe higher-end fine art is out of the buyer's price range.

atari 2600 · 12.08.2006, 10:59 PM

Aw hell...

we're in the red zone now...
34 mins 43 secs

US $155,501.00

This is the most anyone has ever paid for an LP (in this case, an acetate LP), to be more precise.

atari 2600 · 12.08.2006, 11:11 PM

atari 2600 · 12.09.2006, 12:03 AM

static-harmony · 12.10.2006, 04:54 AM

here is a news article in the Associated press

Velvet Underground Article

atari 2600 · 12.10.2006, 11:09 AM

Thanks for that link, static-harmony.

Quote:

The recording turned out to be an in-studio acetate made during Velvet Underground's first recording over four days in April 1966 at New York's Scepter Studios. The record reportedly is only one of two in existence; the other is privately owned, with rumors circulating about the owner's identity. Columbia Records rejected the album.

Savage Clone · 12.11.2006, 03:33 PM

And the winning bid is...

....is....

...wait for it....

Fraudulent.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servl...rtainment/home

SynthethicalY · 12.11.2006, 03:41 PM

Funny.

noisemachine · 12.11.2006, 04:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Savage Clone

And the winning bid is...

....is....

...wait for it....

Fraudulent.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servl...rtainment/home

Wow...didn't totally see that one coming.

Savage Clone · 12.11.2006, 04:51 PM

Yeah, it sure was a shocker all right.

scott v · 12.11.2006, 05:02 PM

i was skeptical that the seller could be selling a "fake", they are becoming very common on eBay as eBay has gone through the trouble by posting links warning about those skeptical sellers of certain products who ship from multiple locations around the globe, those scam artists from 3rd world countries are sometimes the culprits... though from this link:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servl...rtainment/home
this seller seems legit. and of course its unsuprisinging that the bidder is a "fake" because it happens all the time on eBay...

gmku · 12.11.2006, 05:03 PM

Ha! Too freaking funny!

Isn't there a better way to sell these things? eBay seems, I don't know, almost too public, if you know what I mean. Isn't there a way to get this into the hands of a serious collector, or better, serious archivist (one who will preserve it for the public's benefit, help release it for masses, etc.) than going through the ticky-tacky online bid process?

SynthethicalY · 12.11.2006, 05:35 PM

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Originally Posted by gmku

Ha! Too freaking funny!

Isn't there a better way to sell these things? eBay seems, I don't know, almost too public, if you know what I mean. Isn't there a way to get this into the hands of a serious collector, or better, serious archivist (one who will preserve it for the public's benefit, help release it for masses, etc.) than going through the ticky-tacky online bid process?

You know the regular auctions can do exactly what ebay does. Also with the internet or the phone you can bid as well.

gmku · 12.11.2006, 05:39 PM

Would be nice if the seller just knew somebody in the business who'd buy it and take care of it.

porkmarras · 12.14.2006, 07:33 AM

All of Lou's master tapes from his solo LPs may have been destroyed in a fire. Thankfully it appears that the original analog tapes for Disco Mystic and Original Wrapper are stored in the National Archives next to the Constitution, which prtoects them from a nuclear bomb.

Pookie · 12.14.2006, 07:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by porkmarras

All of Lou's master tapes from his solo LPs may have been destroyed in a fire.

Arson? A music lover?

porkmarras · 12.14.2006, 07:47 AM

Who knows?Cale ha a lot to answer for.In the meantime,some eye candies:

porkmarras · 12.14.2006, 07:47 AM

12.08.2006, 10:36 PM	#122
static-harmony invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: outside L.A Posts: 5,156	Hopefully is some corporate label so it can be released, And it doesn't end up in some makeshift museum in Las Vegas. __________________
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12.08.2006, 10:42 PM	#123
atari 2600 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,212	There is the chance too that the high bidder is an investor, and not necessarily a fan. That's certainly the way Warren Hill promoted this and it's going to pay a big dividend. He held on to it for years and got some free PR behind it before he took it to auction...during the holiday shopping season, no less. If this is the case, then the buyer is obviously counting on reselling it years later for even more. I don't think this is a wise investment at all. I can't see it actually increasing any more in value for a long, long, long...long time. They'd be better off buying some fine art. But maybe higher-end fine art is out of the buyer's price range.
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12.08.2006, 10:59 PM	#124
atari 2600 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,212	Aw hell... we're in the red zone now... 34 mins 43 secs US $155,501.00 This is the most anyone has ever paid for an LP (in this case, an acetate LP), to be more precise.
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12.08.2006, 11:11 PM	#125
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12.10.2006, 04:54 AM	#127
static-harmony invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: outside L.A Posts: 5,156	here is a news article in the Associated press Velvet Underground Article __________________
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12.11.2006, 03:33 PM	#129
Savage Clone invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 11,286	And the winning bid is... ....is.... ...wait for it.... Fraudulent. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servl...rtainment/home
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12.11.2006, 03:41 PM	#130
SynthethicalY invito al cielo Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 7,408	Funny.
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12.11.2006, 04:51 PM	#132
Savage Clone invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 11,286	Yeah, it sure was a shocker all right.
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12.11.2006, 05:02 PM	#133
scott v expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Buffalo, NY Posts: 1,484	i was skeptical that the seller could be selling a "fake", they are becoming very common on eBay as eBay has gone through the trouble by posting links warning about those skeptical sellers of certain products who ship from multiple locations around the globe, those scam artists from 3rd world countries are sometimes the culprits... though from this link: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servl...rtainment/home this seller seems legit. and of course its unsuprisinging that the bidder is a "fake" because it happens all the time on eBay...
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12.11.2006, 05:03 PM	#134
gmku invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oxford, England Posts: 15,225	Ha! Too freaking funny! Isn't there a better way to sell these things? eBay seems, I don't know, almost too public, if you know what I mean. Isn't there a way to get this into the hands of a serious collector, or better, serious archivist (one who will preserve it for the public's benefit, help release it for masses, etc.) than going through the ticky-tacky online bid process? __________________ Ever notice how this place just basically, well, sucks.
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12.11.2006, 05:39 PM	#136
gmku invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oxford, England Posts: 15,225	Would be nice if the seller just knew somebody in the business who'd buy it and take care of it. __________________ Ever notice how this place just basically, well, sucks.
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12.14.2006, 07:33 AM	#137
porkmarras invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: London - UK Posts: 14,313	All of Lou's master tapes from his solo LPs may have been destroyed in a fire. Thankfully it appears that the original analog tapes for Disco Mystic and Original Wrapper are stored in the National Archives next to the Constitution, which prtoects them from a nuclear bomb. __________________
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12.14.2006, 07:47 AM	#139
porkmarras invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: London - UK Posts: 14,313	Who knows?Cale ha a lot to answer for.In the meantime,some eye candies: __________________
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