A friend of mine has several ULTIMATE QUEEN boxed sets he wants to sell now. They are unopened and still in their boxes, so mint condition obviously.
It was my bright idea that he buy them, so I would also like to help him sell them... he's had them stuck in his house all these years!!!!! Not one of my best ideas. Anyway...
Does anyone have any ideas who might to buy one?
Or does anyone have a genius concept that might be a way to pass them on?
FOR THOSE WHO ARE UNFAMILIAR, THIS IS WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE... http://eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?catalogid=223785
The box comprises these CDs...
Queen
Queen II
Sheer Heart Attack
A Night At The Opera
A Day At The Races
News Of The World
Jazz
Live Killers (disc 1)
Live Killers (disc 2)
The Game
Flash Gordon
Hot Space
The Works
A Kind Of Magic
Live Magic
The Miracle
Innuendo
Live At Wembley '86 (disc 1)
Live At Wembley '86 (disc 2)
Made In Heaven
He wants to get back the £400 he spent on each one.
Any suggestions welcome.
Greg
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Stick them on Ebay with a £400 starting price/reserve?
Why has this 'Friend' have several boxes and now what to sell them? Was it an investment? Is he working as a queencollector or is he working at a store?
Bring them out at QP instead of a RE-RE-RE-RE release of Montreal and a RE-release of LIVE AID!! ;-)
Bring them out at QP instead of a RE-RE-RE-RE release of Montreal and a RE-release of LIVE AID!! ;-)
400 pounds each?
Good luck selling ...
Also bought a couple of Queen Rocks seconde issue LP's or Made In Heaven black vinyls?
That would've been a good investment....
Good luck selling ...
Also bought a couple of Queen Rocks seconde issue LP's or Made In Heaven black vinyls?
That would've been a good investment....
greg, your friend is losing money...
hey, will not be that greg this making a sounding of the market to see whatever we are arranged to pay fans of queen by, in this case 20 cds, but hypothetical and speaking to future they could be the anthologies?
they do not do case to me, single I joke…
they do not do case to me, single I joke…
"does anyone have a genius concept that might be a way to pass them on?"
Drop the price.
Drop the price.
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Queen Archivist wrote: [/QUOTENAME]He wants to get back the £400 he spent on each one.
Any suggestions welcome.
[/QUOTE]
Put a big bag of crack in there with it.
Any suggestions welcome.
[/QUOTE]
Put a big bag of crack in there with it.
Take em to the convention, I sold mine there and got the £375 I originally paid back.
if they've got the outer cardboard box with the logo on that should seal the deal - one woman was going round last year asking for JUST the cardboard.
£400 is a big ask though
if they've got the outer cardboard box with the logo on that should seal the deal - one woman was going round last year asking for JUST the cardboard.
£400 is a big ask though
Give him several unreleased demos (that have not already been leaked) to go with the box sets & he will sell them for £400 easy. (in fact, i'll buy one if you did) LOL!!!!!!
Some chance of that.Would they include the voiceover Property Of Queen Productions i wonder!
You don't have to snipe at him EVERY time he posts.
I would LOVE to have this. But 400 pounds ? Forget it
A classic argument.
Sorry if I appear to be pessimistic, but as a ‘specialized’ Queen collector, I believe that in these more modern times, the internet (especially illegal downloads) has killed the whole ‘old-fashioned-record collecting’ thing.
Let’s face it, who wants to pay £400 for a collection of tracks, which could be downloaded for free?
In my day, we paid exorbitant prices just for the exclusive B-side. It’s not that we were any wealthier than the youth of today – it’s just that we had no other choice. For example, if one wished to obtain a copy of Queen’s ‘A Human Body’, then we HAD to purchase the 7” single. Now, (thankfully) that is no longer the case – so both the exclusivity and financial value of the recording have plummeted like a stone.
However, if it is true that ‘ephemeral music’ has lost all value, could it still be argued that genuine artefacts such as the ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ 7” Blue-vinyl single remain highly collectable?
Unfortunately, I think not, and a quick look at some collectable sites (or even E-bay) suggests that some of these ‘top end collectables’ are not only sticking in value, but also dropping in price. I guess that there are many reasons for this, but, perhaps, one the primary causes may be that ‘Queen’ may be perceived by those outside this forum as well past their sell-by date.
I personally know some serious collectors of other artists such as Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley and even ‘The Beatles’ who have also seen the value of their collections fall.
It’s not only the fact that both LP and CD’s have superseded some of these 78-rpm records, but that the interest for these collections has waned, thus spiralling a downward trend in the market.
So while back in 1987, a ‘Blue-vinyl’ may have seemed a ‘safe investment’, twenty years later, I do not think that is the case.
(Of course, while it is still true a handful of fans remain who would like to own a copy of this disc for its own sake – I believe the numbers willing to pay c£2,000 for the privilege has greatly diminished).
Sorry if I appear to be pessimistic, but as a ‘specialized’ Queen collector, I believe that in these more modern times, the internet (especially illegal downloads) has killed the whole ‘old-fashioned-record collecting’ thing.
Let’s face it, who wants to pay £400 for a collection of tracks, which could be downloaded for free?
In my day, we paid exorbitant prices just for the exclusive B-side. It’s not that we were any wealthier than the youth of today – it’s just that we had no other choice. For example, if one wished to obtain a copy of Queen’s ‘A Human Body’, then we HAD to purchase the 7” single. Now, (thankfully) that is no longer the case – so both the exclusivity and financial value of the recording have plummeted like a stone.
However, if it is true that ‘ephemeral music’ has lost all value, could it still be argued that genuine artefacts such as the ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ 7” Blue-vinyl single remain highly collectable?
Unfortunately, I think not, and a quick look at some collectable sites (or even E-bay) suggests that some of these ‘top end collectables’ are not only sticking in value, but also dropping in price. I guess that there are many reasons for this, but, perhaps, one the primary causes may be that ‘Queen’ may be perceived by those outside this forum as well past their sell-by date.
I personally know some serious collectors of other artists such as Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley and even ‘The Beatles’ who have also seen the value of their collections fall.
It’s not only the fact that both LP and CD’s have superseded some of these 78-rpm records, but that the interest for these collections has waned, thus spiralling a downward trend in the market.
So while back in 1987, a ‘Blue-vinyl’ may have seemed a ‘safe investment’, twenty years later, I do not think that is the case.
(Of course, while it is still true a handful of fans remain who would like to own a copy of this disc for its own sake – I believe the numbers willing to pay c£2,000 for the privilege has greatly diminished).
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]John S Stuart wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Let’s face it, who wants to pay £400 for a collection of tracks, which could be downloaded for free?[/QUOTE]
While I understand where you coming from, I'm not sure I agree. This type of boxset was never aimed at the average fan. It is cleary a collectors item.
I think that the reason for the decline in value is not so much to do with illegal downloads, but rather items being more accessible.
Years ago you were limited to where and when you could find rare items. Now they are often available on ebay. Once something starts to become easier to get hold of it is going to drop in price.
While I understand where you coming from, I'm not sure I agree. This type of boxset was never aimed at the average fan. It is cleary a collectors item.
I think that the reason for the decline in value is not so much to do with illegal downloads, but rather items being more accessible.
Years ago you were limited to where and when you could find rare items. Now they are often available on ebay. Once something starts to become easier to get hold of it is going to drop in price.