Hello Glad hips
Remember, from my first post I said "If this is what I think it is, then it is way over priced"
I simply pointed out that RC valued the test pressing of this record at £75 - I also pointed out that RC mentioned that it was a white label and this one was green - so I asked the question "Is it worth £400 - esecially in the state it was in?"
Mikael kindly provided a link to eil (never known to undersell anything!) where the
same record was sold recently for £85 - not another version of it, but the same record.
You are perfectly entitled to try to ask what you want for a record, any record - whether you've owned it for 30 years or 30 days - but I think that I've done (with Mikael's help) a good thing to question it...if someone is daft enought to pay £400 for this record, in such a tatty state, then
good luck to you.
I've said on here before that I'm not really such an avid collector to take much interest in test pressings - I'm much more interested in the art work and different versions of it - although I'm tempted by a "Reel around the fountain" test pressing, not because of it's rarity, but because of the story behind it being pulled.
So, from the RC top 10 - I'm only interested in the Negative Hand in Glove (I have cash ready if someone wants to sell theirs ???), possibly the "Reel around the fountain" test pressing and the German multi coloured vinyl.
Beyond that I have 35 (I think) of the rest of the top 100. And I'm still picking up pieces from time to time. Yes, I understand that the RC list is incomplete - but it is a good guide and one that is used by lots of people on solo when discussing the prices paid for records.
In terms of the multi coloured German "The Smiths" - I think that they are desirable both for their rarity and because they look good - the one last week was claimed by the seller to be a rare mispress (I'm not too convinced by that description to be honest...it's certainly different from the pics posted by stefan but so is the one posted by Alan). In fact the one last wek went for a lot less than the other "mispressed" version a year or so ago - pot luck? or credit crunch? You decide.
And in terms of posting it here as overpriced - it started out low and was bid up - I was a bidder on it. There's already a thread to discuss that record so no point posting it here as well - I think I posted on there that it was too expensive for me (I went up to about £400 and it went for over £500)
So, good luck with the sale - but I suspect that you will be keeping it in your collection.
Dave
Why should anyone avoid buying this record? just because I saw a deal and decided to resell it for a profit? its not like the record is fake or completely common. How many of these have you seen in the past compared to the German multi coloured smiths promo LP that just went for over a $1000.00? There were 500 of those made. I've owned two my self. Why did you not mention that auction as overpriced? people consistently pay ridiculous prices for common UK rough trade CD singles and Hand in glove portland address sleeves on a daily basis on ebay but you dont mention those on your OVERPRICED ITEMS THREAD. When ever people see things they have no knowledge of they either say its not worth the price or its fake. so if you want something bad enough you will pay. Its not a charity. after all isnt making money the whole point of ebay? Ask stefan about this record. he owns the green label and a couple of white labels. he may not agree with my price but I'm sure he will attest as to how rare the record is. like i said in the auction. if it does not sell then I'm more then happy to keep it in my collection. Do you actually put any faith in the record collector top 100 list Dave2006? any real collector knows those lists are incomplete and inaccurate.
