Rare, Rarest and Most Expensive VU items

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RARE REPRINT SIGNED BY ANDY WARHOL AFTER HIS DEATH.A ZOMBIE COLLECTABLE.
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kaisersose wrote:RARE REPRINT SIGNED BY ANDY WARHOL AFTER HIS DEATH.A ZOMBIE COLLECTABLE.
Have you seen the 'COA' ? Its very funny..

"Alchemy Autograph Analysis
DNA Spectrum Fingerprinting
Certificate of Authenticity"

Haha that made me laff what a load of bollocks..maybe he's extracted some Andy DNA from the signature, oh wait he can't cos it would be his DNA.
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POP GOES ART - ANDY WARHOL & VELVET UNDERGROUND Special edition BOX # C 4/10

http://www.ebay.at/itm/POP-GOES-ART-AND ... 256892c703
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Sunshine wrote:POP GOES ART - ANDY WARHOL & VELVET UNDERGROUND Special edition BOX # C 4/10

http://www.ebay.at/itm/POP-GOES-ART-AND ... 256892c703
My translation isn't the greatest; what makes this numbered box special? I have one (not numbered) what is the difference? anybody? thanks
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2000 made. There exist only 30 special editions A,B,C each 10 copies individually numbered. This is one of those ultrarare special editions (3x10)with the number C 4/10. The special edition has extra inserts !!!
I don't know what's in the regular box, but this copy contains:
This box contains a RAUSCH 3"-CD and very rare Warhol & Velvets items. From first "POP GOES ART-ANDY WARHOL & VELVET UNDERGROUND" exhibition Phonotek of Hamburger Kunsthall Germany November 29-December 7, 1990. Limited edition catalogue box contains:

1: Big poster

2: Photo-Leporello of VU reunion

3: 8 page "das kunstwerk the work of art" book

4: "POP GOES ART/Andy Warhol & Velvet Underground" 50 page book contains tons of cool pics.

5: 18 x b&w great photos of Velvet Underground & Nico, Warhol etc + reproduction sheet of "Film Culture Expanded Arts '66 issue" in glossy b&w "Velvet Underground"photo folder

Complete.
9"x13" box with:
Large exhibition poster
48 page glossy book on Warhol and the VU, fully illustrated in b/w and color.
Leperello with VU reunion pics.
Tribute cd.
16 page brochure with material and pics on La Monte Young, Angus MacLise, Piero Heliczer, Gerard Malanga and more.
Glossy holder with loads of reprints of VU posters, bandphoto's, fully illustrated brochure on the NY art scene in the 60's with the Fugs, VU, Jack Smith, Kenneth Anger, Marian Zazeela and more.

All in silver/black/yellow box. Silver outer box has split at right side. light crease and wear at corners Vg+. All contents are great shape,M-
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Thanks for the English. I'm gonna get mine and see what is missing. tks :)
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I was peripherally involved in the production of this box set back in 1990 (you can see I get a name check just below Lisa Law on the inside of the box top - as shown in the 1st pic in that listing).

There were 1970 unnumbered boxes and 30 numbered boxes. From memory the numbered ones all had extra goodies - it looks to me as if the "extra" in this box is:

7.Film Culture Expanded Arts Newspaper Zeitung Winter 1966 (as shown in pic # 9)

velvetfan wrote:
Sunshine wrote:POP GOES ART - ANDY WARHOL & VELVET UNDERGROUND Special edition BOX # C 4/10

http://www.ebay.at/itm/POP-GOES-ART-AND ... 256892c703
My translation isn't the greatest; what makes this numbered box special? I have one (not numbered) what is the difference? anybody? thanks
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An original mint LA Trip poster ending in few hours on ebay. :shock: .still just over $1000. Probably will reach 3000.
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kaisersose wrote:An original mint LA Trip poster ending in few hours on ebay. :shock: .still just over $1000. Probably will reach 3000.
2 hours left and it's $1,500.00 fake sold for $355 (and it was autographed by Andy; :lol: :lol: )
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Went for 3300.A US poster dealer bought it.Let me tell you a little story.I still dont believe in those mint copies of the Trip poster around. I bought my first copy in Mill Valley(VILLAGE MUSIC) from the owner in 1993.The copy was stapled on the ceiling,covered with cellophane for more than 2 decades.Yellowed at the limit but surely original.The guy never sold a poster from the ceiling before(there were lot of rare ones over there)so the story made some noise between dealers also because I paid $1500 for it.This was just before the poster fair in SF. The year after just a month before the poster fair in SF somebody "found" around 50 copies in a basement in LA.It was a pretty strange coincidence.Dealers flying from NY to La to get some,a LA poster gallery got some, Andrew(at the time big Velvet dealer) got the rest. 50% had ink problems,some black from the lettering.But they were all in great conditions,no yellowing on the borders,like they were preserved properly or just printed...At the fair I got a mint copy from the LA gallery,traded for 1000 bucks.after few months one copy sold at Sothebys for 5000 pounds.but that doesnt count.the price fixed around 3000 for the mint & 1500/2000 for the ones with defects.Of course I confronted the 2 copies I was maybe the only one that could do it properly .Same paper, dimensions, ink...but still some doubt.how could it be after 28 years in a basement no mould,yellowing(at least around)etc?A friend of mine use to say"too good is suspicious"by the way I sold my mint copy few years ago & kept my old yellowed copy framed on my wall. :twisted:
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