sonnyboypaco
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G45 Ebay Watch
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reyes
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Third man limited edition records always sell for big bucks specially white stripes/jack white....the only way you can get ltd edition is through a third man membership or something like that. So their records sort of become rare the minute they come out. Personally i don't like white stripes.
But I can see those thousands of fans fighting for those 300 records.
But I can see those thousands of fans fighting for those 300 records.
buckeyebeat
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The high bidder on the White Stripes has 0 feedback. Looks like it's gonna be a failed auction, although there are two bidders over 9K that have feedback.
I've never met anyone who is part of the WS/Jack White collector cult. I've met heavy spending fanatics of all the obvious collector artists (including Misfits) but never a JW freak. I wonder if they are from China or Russia or someplace weird like that.
There's very few records that sold for 10K. Frank Wilson, Jr McCants, Mello Souls, JD Bryant (and that has dropped in price) for soul records. VU acetate or course. WCPAEB Fifo LP with cover. DA Hunt 45 on Sun. Probably a single digit serial number White Album and Street Fighting Man US pic sleeve.
I've never met anyone who is part of the WS/Jack White collector cult. I've met heavy spending fanatics of all the obvious collector artists (including Misfits) but never a JW freak. I wonder if they are from China or Russia or someplace weird like that.
There's very few records that sold for 10K. Frank Wilson, Jr McCants, Mello Souls, JD Bryant (and that has dropped in price) for soul records. VU acetate or course. WCPAEB Fifo LP with cover. DA Hunt 45 on Sun. Probably a single digit serial number White Album and Street Fighting Man US pic sleeve.
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I think a mint Elvis "That's All Right Mama" went for more than 10K in the late '90s, via the infamous shill bidder (the auction house, Good Rockin' Tonight) which drove up the price for the final bidder,
If only it was the band who did the sleeve, but the fugging label owner...
buckeyebeat
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yes, thats (all) right, it was 17K I think. About 3-4x what the record was thought to be worth by the Malt Shop collector brigade. Later copies (there were a stack of unplayed M copies from the warehouse) went for much cheaper.
I forgot to mention the Hornets on States, red vinyl, sold for somewhere in the 10K range. Billy Barrix on Chess went for a lot but less than 10K. I think it was around 6K. Probably the most expensive rockabilly 45 (other than Elvis).
I wonder if/when a garage 45 will crack the 10K barrier? If not the Vikings, Psychotrons, Graveyard Five, Keggs (all of which have sold for much less), which one could it be?
KittyKat65
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That's a lot of money for 2 White Stripes songs that are available elsewhere. I admit I am a WS fan and have all of their earlier 45s, but $10K is pretty impressive for *any* 45. They do have a die-hard fanbase, so you have (tens of) thousands of fans fighting over one of only 15 45s pressed. I am watching this :)
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The Just Too Much 45 could reach 10K, I imagine, since Mark nor Barry have a copy!
Frantic
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And for those of you who think they can track down the band and get copies...FORGET IT!! I spent 2 weeks tracking all of them down (including friends of the band) only to find out that MopTop had done the same thing years earlier. :confused:
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I even found former girlfriends and their roadie! No dice.
Frantic
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Stanco rules
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So Mike,
Did you find out why the Just Too Much is so impossible to find?? Did the band not pay for the release or some similar story ? The Avengers record on the same label is almost common.
Did you find out why the Just Too Much is so impossible to find?? Did the band not pay for the release or some similar story ? The Avengers record on the same label is almost common.
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I don't think the FG label (Avengers) has any connection to the M-Gee label (Heroes; Just Too Much).
The producers handled the label & records, copies were sent out to be distributed, sold, etc. Since it is a monarch pressing I would think at least 500 were manufactured.
The producers handled the label & records, copies were sent out to be distributed, sold, etc. Since it is a monarch pressing I would think at least 500 were manufactured.
Stanco rules
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I stand corrected. Yes it was the M-Gee label, not the FG label. Nevertheless, the same question applys: From your research, was their any backstory as to why out of the 500 possibly pressed copies, than just one copy has been confirmed ? I'm guessing even the band members were not given any copies? A great mystery indeed !
Auction for the Stripes hand-painted single ended legit (seller cancelled two zero-feedback bidders) at $12,700 which is fairly low for this one. I've helped coordinate a few private sales of copies of this record and can vouch that it's cracked $15,000 on SEVEN different occasions in the past three years. one copy even reached $18,000 back in 2010 and there was this pic in Record Collector of me holding it.
as for who's buying 'em...not 60's garage collectors, that's for sure. mostly Americans, a Brit, an Aussie...new breed collectors who oftentimes haven't been collecting for decades and aren't deeply entrenched in the more-tread genres.
i myself own a copy, but i was at the record release show where they were sold for $6 each.
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A few of the guys recall that they did have their own copy or two but the 45s were discarded or given away long ago. Jerry B. did confirm that copies were given to radio stations like KRLA, and record shops in the area.
There was a copy that David Shutt had, no idea where it ended up. Tony S has a really trashed copy, we couldn't even use it for the label scan, it was so wrecked. Jim L claims he has a copy of it, so that tallies three. I'm sure someday a bunch will be found in a load somewhere.
I think one reason why the disc is hard to come by is that the group did more recordings shortly afterward, and changed their moniker many times.
Stanco rules
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Thanks Mike. Another story yet to unfold. I only heard of the Shutt copy, which I would guess went to HK at the time as he was the big buyer from Shutt at the time. If the JL copy exists, it most likely came from a Las Vegas dealer who bought a collection from a Los Angeles musician who was in a sixties garage band of his own.
All speculation, but more color for the story.
All speculation, but more color for the story.
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Hans never had the Just Too much single. It was not listed on his master collection list when he was offering his entire 45 collection for sale (Jorgen eventually worked a deal for a lot less than what Hans was asking for originally). The 45 didn't go to Peter B in Australia either, otherwise Mark would have bought it.
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RIGHT... who outbid me on The Paradox 45... how does one do a smiley for crying???
There's a Peter B in Australia who collects garage 45's , thats too weird cos I'm a Peter B that collects the same and I'm in NZ
