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Would You Pay $2,000 For A Signed Print Of The “Nevermind” Cover?
Next month, Christie’s is hosting an auction entitled Punk/Rock, in which memorabilia from the Sex Pistols will mingle with the likes of signed Van Halen picture discs and a print of the Nevermind cover that’s signed–in gold pen!–by Kurt, Kris, and Dave. (It’s supposed to go for $2,000-$3,000. Um…) Of course, much ado is being made about the Pistols items in the auctions, because even though they’ve done their damndest to piss on their legacy and set it on fire over the past few years people still think they Kind Of Mean Something To Music. But there are a few other items that those of you with disposable income and an appetite for music geekery might enjoy: MORE »
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Live Nation’s Latest $10 Ticketing Day: Long Island Metalheads, Where Have You Gone?
Continuing its fun practice of temporarily discounting concert tickets in the hopes of getting butts into its venues’ seats, Live Nation has sent out an e-mail to New York-area mailing list subscribers touting its “Summer Concert Stimulus Package,” which cuts the ticket prices for select shows to $10 for one day only and which I would have called the “Business Sucks Sale,” because, c’mon, that’s a lot funnier and more honest. (And here’s the obligatory note that the “convenience” charges added to the tickets after the fact nearly double the listed price, but that little piece of info isn’t any fun to pass along, now, is it?) Among the shows are the Slipknot-headlined Mayhem Festival, which also includes Mastodon and Underoath on its bill; Judas Priest shows at both Jones Beach and the PNC Bank Arts Center; some sort of Opie and Anthony-sponsored “comedy” show; and bills that include both Poison and Sebastian Bach. The full list of shows after the jump. MORE »
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James Brown’s Auction Attracts The Curious, The Hairstyling Historians
Last week’s auction of James Brown’s belongings at the auction house Christie’s sounds like it was a pretty depressing affair, with a few C-list sightings (Paul Shaffer, Nicky Hilton, DJ Shadow) and a lot of malaise. The sale had been projected to bring in some $2 million, but all the items wound up fetching half that–$857,688, according to The New York Times. Brown’s children Yamma and Larry told the Times‘ Guy Trebay that the auction marked a “sad day” for the family, thanks to every item on the bill being forcibly sold no matter what price was offered and the likelihood of one collector buying up all the items and making them the cornerstone for a James Brown Memorial Museum being slim to none. There were, however, a few items that brought in surprisingly high dollar amounts. MORE »
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If You Want A Piece Of Lou Pearlman, You Can Find One On eBay
Pervy boy-band impresario Lou Pearlman, whose trial on federal bank fraud charges is set for April, has told friends that he’s thinking about copping a plea on those charges that would result in him going to the federal pen for up to 25 years. But that doesn’t mean he’ll be free from jail after that; charges related to the huge investment scheme that he ran through his company Trans Continental Airlines have yet to be filed, and that’ll probably add to his sentence if he’s found guilty. What’s more interesting: The “friend” who told the St. Petersburg Times this little bit of news is now reselling Pearlman’s possessions–which he bought at Pearlman’s two bankruptcy auctions–on eBay, under the username a-v sales. Among the items on offer are an actual MTV Moonman (bidding currently at $560); other highlights–including an award bestowed upon Pearlman by Mikhail Gorbachev–after the jump. MORE »
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Fake Record-Collection Buyer Speaks, Claims That Someone Spoofed His Login
The eBay user who placed the $3 million-and-change bid on Pittsburgh-area record collector Paul Mawhinney’s three-million-record library is now claiming that he was a victim of identity fraud, and that he had no idea that his account on the auction site had been used to make the winning bid. MORE »
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Huge Record Collection’s Alleged Buyer May Be Getting Some Very Negative eBay Feedback Soon
The eBay user jopsoup–who won the gigantic record collection that was up for auction there with a $3,002,500 bid–has a curious addition to his favorably rated profile: He’s now noted as not being registered with the site. What does that mean? MORE »
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Huge Record Collection Sells For $3 Million And Change
The library-sized record collection that went on sale via eBay earlier this week has found a buyer, although the collection, which includes more than three million pieces, didn’t quite fetch the $50 million that owner Paul Mawhinney had been hoping to get. In fact, the final price didn’t inch much further past the $3 million reserve that Mawhinney had set with eBay, although the collection’s final price of $3,002,150 is one of the highest selling prices in eBay’s history. Details on the person who’s claiming to have $3 million on hand are sketchy: He lives in Ireland and goes by the name of jopsoup, and he has 97.1% positive feedback. And it would seem that he’s used eBay to buy music-related items before, although none of his purchases have been this big (not to mention expensive to ship across the Atlantic). MORE »
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How Much Would You Spend For Six Million Songs? (Hint: $50 Million May Not Be Enough)
In case you were wondering just who owned that six-million-song music collection that’s currently listed on eBay with a starting price of $3 million: Meet Paul Mawhinney, an obsessive music cataloger and record-collectors’-guide publisher who also owned the Pittsburgh-area shop Record-Rama. In a 2003 profile of his business, he was quoted as saying “Almost all the guys out on the front line of the music business are all conniving to get what they can.” And given his past history of deals where he’s almost made some cash from his collection, it’s easy to see why he feels this way! MORE »
