Rare, Rarest and Most Expensive VU items

bobbldr · Post by **bobbldr** » 28 Mar 2011 03:05

velvetfan wrote:http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... _500wt_898

ATP promo with stained label, no other details about quality; currently at $248.49! makes no sense at all?

Likely being "chandeliered" or, has a shill bidder...

BallroomDays67 · Post by **BallroomDays67** » 28 Mar 2011 04:33

Perhaps both bidders are trying to put a good spin on it, and thinking of it as a very rare half-white and half-blue label promo copy.

velvetfan · Post by **velvetfan** » 28 Mar 2011 14:47

BallroomDays67 wrote:Perhaps both bidders are trying to put a good spin on it, and thinking of it as a very rare half-white and half-blue label promo copy.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 959wt_1139

Wow. This seller just sold a bunch of VU bootleg cd's and they all sold from $40 to some over $200! That is a good sign to me since I'm needing to start selling off some of my collection. Of course, it could have been one guy and if I sell too soon, I could bottom out. Who knows?

bleach · Post by **bleach** » 29 Mar 2011 00:38

You don't see this '69 beauty very often, shame about the odd writing on the label.
'How Dose It Feel To Be Loved' - a dose of something taken before the scrawling no doubt

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MJG196 · Post by **MJG196** » 29 Mar 2011 15:57

velvetfan wrote:Wow. This seller just sold a bunch of VU bootleg cd's and they all sold from $40 to some over $200! That is a good sign to me since I'm needing to start selling off some of my collection. Of course, it could have been one guy and if I sell too soon, I could bottom out. Who knows?

I could never justify buying a CD of material I already own for those amounts of money! A vinyl LP, sure...but not a CD:

iaredatsun · Post by **iaredatsun** » 29 Mar 2011 17:20

MJG196 wrote:
velvetfan wrote:Wow. This seller just sold a bunch of VU bootleg cd's and they all sold from $40 to some over $200! That is a good sign to me since I'm needing to start selling off some of my collection. Of course, it could have been one guy and if I sell too soon, I could bottom out. Who knows?
I could never justify buying a CD of material I already own for those amounts of money! A vinyl LP, sure...but not a CD:

At those prices I would not have bought them either but now they're worth over 5 times what they were new. My god. I'm sitting on a mini-goldmine.

velvetfan · Post by **velvetfan** » 29 Mar 2011 20:01

At those prices I would not have bought them either but now they're worth over 5 times what they were new. My god. I'm sitting on a mini-goldmine.

Don't count on it. I've seen most of these sell much cheaper lately. You never know. Ps I wish it was easier to post images to this forum. I wouldn't need to put up a link and the image would not disappear after time.

iaredatsun · Post by **iaredatsun** » 30 Mar 2011 02:35

velvetfan wrote:At those prices I would not have bought them either but now they're worth over 5 times what they were new. My god. I'm sitting on a mini-goldmine.

Don't count on it. I've seen most of these sell much cheaper lately. You never know. Ps I wish it was easier to post images to this forum. I wouldn't need to put up a link and the image would not disappear after time.

For sure, I wouldn't count on it and its as much a figure of speech and expression of disbelief as anything ? as I don't sell my stuff and don't buy as a hedge fund investment either. And as you say eBay can be a fickle market. One minute a rare CD is out of reach at ?50 and then you swipe a copy for ?20 because either no one was looking or the bottom has fallen out of the market. But I think that VU product is beyond the point where it's ever going to really drop and even (previously cheap) crappy bootleg CDs are becoming scarce as FLAC availability becomes more prevalent and the CD boot market dies. Of course bargains can still be had by the seasoned sharpshooter.

lurid · Post by **lurid** » 30 Mar 2011 13:40

for a VG++/NM grading that copy sounds very noisy to me.

I have to admit I've never actually played my copy - maybe they're all just poor pressings. I'll give mine a spin tonight and see how it compares.

It'll be interesting to see how much it goes for....BTW I've always wondered just how many of these were pressed. 200 - 300 perhaps? Just a guess.

bleach wrote:You don't see this '69 beauty very often, shame about the odd writing on the label.
'How Dose It Feel To Be Loved' - a dose of something taken before the scrawling no doubt

140528960889

velvetfan · Post by **velvetfan** » 31 Mar 2011 15:13

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... MEWAX%3AIT

Praise Ye The Lord vinyl didn't even get a bid at $26.99, but.....

http://cgi.ebay.com/VELVET-UNDERGROUND- ... 33664c69fa

This one has a starting bid at $42.29 USD (30.00 euros) so far???

It's a CRAPSHOOT for sure!

Does anybody know for sure if you list an item "ships worldwide" it shows on all countries eBay? It used to work that way. I noticed that last time I listed, it cost more for, to say, put an item on eBay UK also. I assume that everybody does like I do; when I search VU items, I use advanced search and click worldwide. that way I don't have to search eBay USA, then eBay France, then ...and so on. That could explain why some items that are listed on eBay USA, may never be seen by someone searching eBay UK, for example. just saying.....?

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