NY - On the Beach CD - Big $$$$

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2525091715&category=1573

 

Geez, Crazy kooks! Where do they get the bread? For a boot no less...

 

The seller must be getting a little nervous

..........especially at the sight of those shades on the high bidder!

 

What's the line on this one - the seller had an opening bid set at 3.99 which seems to imply that they didn't expect a four figure auction - not being in the know on N.Y stuff is this some kind of legendary "Holy Grail" type of album

All the best - Andrew

 

Hate to be a pessimist, but I don't think the seller is going to be seeing that kind of money arriving in his or her mail box.

 

I found a great- sounding twofer CDR of OTB and AMERICAN STARS 'N BARS in a used shop recently for 11.99.

More to the point, since this is clearly a boot, shouldn't eBay be notified?

 

Often when fans of the artist see an auction that is clearly fraudulent they create false ebay accounts and place outrageous bids to ensure that nobody gets duped on the auction. An example of this was the recent ebay auction of a Nirvana Unplugged CD signed by Cobain (Kurt died before this was released.) Nirvana fans saw the auction and placed outrageous bids up to 5 million dollars....

Chris

 

Why should ebay be notified? You got yours, let someone else get theirs.

 

I think people are going crazy because of the pretty clear jewel case and album cover. It looks like something a major label would put out or better. Not worth that kind of money though especially since they will come out legit sometime (in the next 30 years).

 

Going to take my "On The Beach" to Loyalty Sound tomorrow for a cleaning on the VPI machine. Then I'll be doing a needle drop with my new Rega Planer 3 turntable and Rega cartridge. I will save my $4000.00 Canadian for something else, like a Beatles mono LP box set. Well, actually I don't have $4000.00, but if I did, I'd be grabbing some rare Beatles LPs such as the U.K. monos or the Japanese monos on red vinyl. That sort of stuff.

Current bid on that Neil Young CD is aproximately $4,052.54 Canadian.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2525091715&category=1573
That is mind boggling.

 

I bought exactly the same CD as the one on Ebay from a forum member for $50. It is a high quality German CD with a needle drop "On the Beach" (from a slightly better source LP than the one I have on hand) and a bonus of the BBC '72 concert, which is the best live Neil boot I have ever heard. Blew me away the first time I heard it - better sound quality than the On the Beach part. It was definetly worth $50 to me, but this Ebay bidding is crazy.

 

I picked up a really nice original Reprise at a used vinyl joint here in Brookline for $13.00. They wanted $50.00 but I guess maybe I have a knack or something. Anyway, mint cover with slight surface scuffing, (not even scratching), on the vinyl. Plays and sounds great and made me feel like I'd scored a winner for once.

Bill

 

I have the same disc that Randy W has and it is a good needle drop. I paid thirty dollars on e-bay for it and I am quite happy with it. If you can find a copy or someone is willing to trade for it, I highly recommend it. O course, $2,785.13 is WAY to much

 

i have that! albeit on a different label.

people are goofy.

renny

 

So, who ended up getting stuck with the $5 mil. tab once the auction closed?