Kiss Toy Microphone Sells for Over $3,300 on eBay
Rock Memorabilia
Like Billy Gibbons’ Hat? Here’s How to Get One
ZZ Top superfans are directed to a new eBay item: Handmade hats similar to the one Billy Gibbons wears are on sale now. They're a little pricey at $375 but, hey, everybody loves a sharp-dressed man, right?
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The Who Pinball Machine Rings Up a Big Money Score on eBay
You might say that one lucky eBay bidder wanted to learn how to play a mean pinball with this purchase:
Slash-Autographed Drum Head From 1988 Guns N’ Roses Show Sells for Big Bucks on Ebay
Original Beatles 1961 Aldershot Photograph Sells For Big Bucks
When an original Beatles photograph is sans autograph and fetches $999.00 on eBay it’s certain to have a story behind it. This photo was taken at Palais Ballroom in Adlershot, a military town in northeast Hampshire in December 1961. The clincher; there were only 18 people in the audience and Mersey Beat photographer Dick Matthews captured the void quite vividly.
Queen ‘Hot Space’ Original Artwork Sells For Big Bucks
Freddie Mercury was the one who suggested that the artwork for Queen’s tenth album ‘Hot Space’ feature a graphic image of each band member in its own colored square. Bold, vibrant colors were chosen for the cover and as a result dingy record store walls across the land were suddenly beaming with a majestic hue. Recently, the complete workings of that original artwork appeared on eBay and sold for $1,750.00.
Beatles Record Player Sells for Over $12,000
Led Zeppelin ‘The Object’ From ‘Presence’ Promo Sells For $2,000 On eBay
The black obelisk-shaped object that Led Zeppelin featured on the cover and inside sleeve of their seventh album, ‘Presence,’ was intended to represent the force and presence of the group. In 1976 their label Swan Song produced 1,000 replicas of ‘The Object’ to be used as 12” numbered promotional statues. Recently on eBay, #834 went up for auction and sold for $2,000.00.
Alice Cooper Whiplash Mascara Prototype Scares $1,825 Out Of Buyer
Very few tubes of Alice Cooper’s ‘Whiplash’ mascara are known to exist, so to find a prototype of this 1973 vintage eye makeup for sale is a nightmare come true. It’s a superb discovery until one realizes that the bidding was serious enough to scare $1,825.00 out of a buyer on eBay. An eye-enhancing shade like ‘Billion Dollar Black’ may be tempting but how frightening is it to lay down that kind of cash for 40-year old makeup?
Bob Dylan 1966 Concert Ticket Stub Sells For 324 Times Its Original Price
In 1966 a Bob Dylan ticket with the face value of $3.50 could gain one entry into the Ottawa YMCA Auditorium to see the 24-year old perform in concert. Recently, someone bid $1,134.99 to win the torn stub of one of these rare ’66 tickets while it was up for auction on eBay. In other words, the winner paid 324 times more for it than the original ticket buyer did.