Posted: 12 Dec 2006 06:24
hey, i'll still honor my bid of $66!!! i might even go up to $76!
http://cgi.ebay.com/VELVET-UNDERGROUND- ... dZViewItemTHIS THE SAME RECORD THAT JUST WENT FOR $155,401.00 ON EBAY
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Posted: 12 Dec 2006 08:58
What the hell?
Posted: 12 Dec 2006 14:03
Welcome to the weirdos. 
Posted: 12 Dec 2006 15:01
I'm glad no one's bid... I mean- no sleeve!
GroovyMusic wrote:What the hell?
http://cgi.ebay.com/VELVET-UNDERGROUND- ... dZViewItemTHIS THE SAME RECORD THAT JUST WENT FOR $155,401.00 ON EBAY
Phony Bids
Posted: 13 Dec 2006 15:19
Not surprised the "winning" bid was phony. Same thing will happen if he goes down the list and sends Second Chance Offers to the next 100 bidders on the list, I am sure.
There is no way an acetate like this is work even $15,000, much less $155,000.
There is no way an acetate like this is work even $15,000, much less $155,000.
Posted: 14 Dec 2006 01:11
The acetate owner was really dumb to sell on Ebay, every serious auction of this type is held by Christies, Sotherbys etc. He only has himself to blame to sell it on Ebay which was a waste of time...
Posted: 14 Dec 2006 01:52
But think of the publicity he got!!!! 
Posted: 14 Dec 2006 11:45
Well, it was on eBay, but it was offered via Saturn Records, who have a long, respected history of top dollar music auctions. They've handled some of the biggest music rarity auctions ever, Elvis on Sun, rare acetates, old blues 78s, etc. I think he took it to the right people. By offering it on eBay, they made it available to a global marketplace, that's the way to do it, IMO. You've got very serious investors on eBay, along with the high school idiots.bleach wrote:The acetate owner was really dumb to sell on Ebay, every serious auction of this type is held by Christies, Sotherbys etc. He only has himself to blame to sell it on Ebay which was a waste of time...
Velvet Underground record for sale again
Posted: 14 Dec 2006 23:48
Velvet Underground record for sale again
By VERENA DOBNIK, Associated Press Writer Thu Dec 14, 6:18 AM ET
NEW YORK - The cyberspace saga of The Velvet Underground's 40-year-old first recording was to continue after fetching a false eBay bid of more than $155,000.
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The vintage Velvet was to be auctioned online again starting Thursday afternoon. The original bid bit the dust earlier this month when a young man in California e-mailed the seller and confessed he doesn't have enough money to buy the rare recording.
"Seriously, I can barely afford gas for my car to get to work," reads part of the message the seller says he got via eBay.
The first auction ended Dec. 8, with eBay showing a final bid of $155,401 for the recording of music that ended up on the influential New York band's first album, "The Velvet Underground & Nico." Warren Hill, a collector in Montreal who owns the acetate LP, says he bought it at a flea market in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood for 75 cents in 2002.
The $155,401 bid was confirmed Wednesday by eBay spokeswoman Catherine England. She told The Associated Press, however, that eBay has no way to verify whether the bid is legitimate because "the transaction is between the buyer and seller."
The bidder has seven days to close on a deal, which is legally binding. After that, the seller ? Saturn Records, of Oakland, Calif., representing Hill ? may report a false bidder.
"I'm not going to sue him," a weary-sounding Hill said Wednesday in a telephone interview from Montreal. "I just want to sell it."
By VERENA DOBNIK, Associated Press Writer Thu Dec 14, 6:18 AM ET
NEW YORK - The cyberspace saga of The Velvet Underground's 40-year-old first recording was to continue after fetching a false eBay bid of more than $155,000.
ADVERTISEMENT
The vintage Velvet was to be auctioned online again starting Thursday afternoon. The original bid bit the dust earlier this month when a young man in California e-mailed the seller and confessed he doesn't have enough money to buy the rare recording.
"Seriously, I can barely afford gas for my car to get to work," reads part of the message the seller says he got via eBay.
The first auction ended Dec. 8, with eBay showing a final bid of $155,401 for the recording of music that ended up on the influential New York band's first album, "The Velvet Underground & Nico." Warren Hill, a collector in Montreal who owns the acetate LP, says he bought it at a flea market in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood for 75 cents in 2002.
The $155,401 bid was confirmed Wednesday by eBay spokeswoman Catherine England. She told The Associated Press, however, that eBay has no way to verify whether the bid is legitimate because "the transaction is between the buyer and seller."
The bidder has seven days to close on a deal, which is legally binding. After that, the seller ? Saturn Records, of Oakland, Calif., representing Hill ? may report a false bidder.
"I'm not going to sue him," a weary-sounding Hill said Wednesday in a telephone interview from Montreal. "I just want to sell it."
Posted: 15 Dec 2006 00:17