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Maybe you love these kinds of stories the way i do:
In Melbourne, Australia a few years ago a couple were rummaging through some items at a Camberwell flea market. It was a chilly Sunday morning and the market was alive with the usual varied collection of shoppers; the young girls looking for the so-out-they're-in vintage clothes, the men looking for old tools and petrol tins to add to their extensive collections, the upmarket couples looking for antiques, the buskers and the hot-doughnut sellers.
This Sunday was different for a couple who walked away from the markets having bought a couple of small, Indonesian stone-carved figures for a negligible amount of money. Within a couple of weeks it was determined that these figures were actually rare artifacts and worth several hundred thousand dollars.
The Sunday that followed this news, the market was filled to capacity with new hopefuls.
This brings us to the latest international episode and I say international because it has sparked interest from across the globe, from everywhere Rock n' Roll has spread its reach.
In 2002, Warren Hill, a Canadian music fan was going though some fire-damaged records at a Chelsea, New York yard sale and came across an acetate of the first Velvet Underground recording from 1966, the only one of its kind known to still exist. The acetate contains alternate versions of tracks such as European Son, All tomorrow's Parties, Run Run Run and I'm Waiting For The Man. Not an unwise purchase at just 75 cents.
The item was authenticated by ex-Columbia Records executive, Norman Dolph who had been present at the recording and it's now up for auction on ebay where, at the time of writing has reached more than $120,000.00 with more than 3 days left until the close of the auction.
You may start crying....................now.
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Chelsea, ebay, New York Bands, Nico, Punk, Velvet Underground
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Posted on 12/5/2006
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