What kind of advice do you want? Things to collect to make money or things to collect because they are neat to have?
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Sorry, I probably should have clarified - I would like to start a small collection just...well, for me. I don't have the funds to become what is probably considered a 'serious collector', but I'm still interested in finding what I can! I definitely don't mean to ask for advice and help with the intention of selling anything I might buy.
Denki!
Denki!
@ Basje
Hi Basje well we never spoke to each other did we?
Well I have heard that your collection isn't that exciting without the autograph part then. Didn't you sell your collection for your marriage ? Or girlfriend? What left is a handfull of cd's ?? So I've heard...
Well I agree with you that the UK award Boh. Rhap. without any signatures is worth a lot...or at least the sentimental value will increase the price... The normal value would maybe twice the price of any normal award... But I agree it's the ultimate item to have....
About your John immortals value question: well signed I don;t think it's worth much I think a signed John Deacon version of a average Queen single would me worth a lot more...who collects that immortal crap anyway?? I mean most of the Queen fans don;t want all the solo crap too....
And there's only a small percentage of the queen fans which are die hard collectors,and this number won't really increase in the future cause clonning of fans drops way back... simply: few Queen fans add these days... young people like music like O-zone a lot more (why god why ????)
And Basje are you still looking for the South Aferica recordings then contact me!
@ the woman who started this topic:
Here in Holland you can't insure your Queen (or whatever) collection, because we dutch people are not stupid!! Vinyl,cd's (especially) bootlegs are worthless to the insurace compagnies. Example I have over 600 queen (pressed silver cd's) I can insure them for eg.€ 10.000 (I paid more for them!!) when I claim due to theft or fire I will get 600 * 5.- euro's = 3000 euro's back for the (at the most!!!) why : Because the insurance:
-don;t see them as antiques
-Though it would be rated as antiques as the maximum antique payment of insurance is only 5000 € max.
Why they do that : well "over"insurance is forbidden (in all eg countries!) it's easy to fraud. Well let's say I'll buy a Greatest hits Lp holland original in a second hand shop for 10€ I will insure it as antique for 15000,- € claiming it's the most rare item. I hire Martin to steal it from my house , claim my 15k.'s give martin about 5k. And burn the lp...
Though you can get a policy here in holland but they wil never pay out the claim to it;s full (due to the antique law, and the changing of vaulue's * , and you cannot prove the value eg. a diamont watch : you can get a taxation report from a certified Antique dealer, and with Queen you simply cannot get some kind of certificate.
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* okay you claim your beatle collection is worth 250g's !! Well I'm 25 at this moment supose I'll die when I'm 85 how many fans would there be when I die ? How many demand will there be for those items???
I think it's the same with Queen , no the collecting prices are still increasing but they will reach a highest point and then decrease very fastly, cause then at that point no-one collects Queen anymore.... and your collection will be worthless...
Good point hey?? Well I'll stop collecting till I'm 85 and then buy everything for a few cents... my BLUE Bo rhap for € 4,- , my Freddie award of Somebody to love for € 2,- wauw that would be great !!
Well about the claim payment : you can see why I don't smoke in my house anymore!
Cheers...
Hi Basje well we never spoke to each other did we?
Well I have heard that your collection isn't that exciting without the autograph part then. Didn't you sell your collection for your marriage ? Or girlfriend? What left is a handfull of cd's ?? So I've heard...
Well I agree with you that the UK award Boh. Rhap. without any signatures is worth a lot...or at least the sentimental value will increase the price... The normal value would maybe twice the price of any normal award... But I agree it's the ultimate item to have....
About your John immortals value question: well signed I don;t think it's worth much I think a signed John Deacon version of a average Queen single would me worth a lot more...who collects that immortal crap anyway?? I mean most of the Queen fans don;t want all the solo crap too....
And there's only a small percentage of the queen fans which are die hard collectors,and this number won't really increase in the future cause clonning of fans drops way back... simply: few Queen fans add these days... young people like music like O-zone a lot more (why god why ????)
And Basje are you still looking for the South Aferica recordings then contact me!
@ the woman who started this topic:
Here in Holland you can't insure your Queen (or whatever) collection, because we dutch people are not stupid!! Vinyl,cd's (especially) bootlegs are worthless to the insurace compagnies. Example I have over 600 queen (pressed silver cd's) I can insure them for eg.€ 10.000 (I paid more for them!!) when I claim due to theft or fire I will get 600 * 5.- euro's = 3000 euro's back for the (at the most!!!) why : Because the insurance:
-don;t see them as antiques
-Though it would be rated as antiques as the maximum antique payment of insurance is only 5000 € max.
Why they do that : well "over"insurance is forbidden (in all eg countries!) it's easy to fraud. Well let's say I'll buy a Greatest hits Lp holland original in a second hand shop for 10€ I will insure it as antique for 15000,- € claiming it's the most rare item. I hire Martin to steal it from my house , claim my 15k.'s give martin about 5k. And burn the lp...
Though you can get a policy here in holland but they wil never pay out the claim to it;s full (due to the antique law, and the changing of vaulue's * , and you cannot prove the value eg. a diamont watch : you can get a taxation report from a certified Antique dealer, and with Queen you simply cannot get some kind of certificate.
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* okay you claim your beatle collection is worth 250g's !! Well I'm 25 at this moment supose I'll die when I'm 85 how many fans would there be when I die ? How many demand will there be for those items???
I think it's the same with Queen , no the collecting prices are still increasing but they will reach a highest point and then decrease very fastly, cause then at that point no-one collects Queen anymore.... and your collection will be worthless...
Good point hey?? Well I'll stop collecting till I'm 85 and then buy everything for a few cents... my BLUE Bo rhap for € 4,- , my Freddie award of Somebody to love for € 2,- wauw that would be great !!
Well about the claim payment : you can see why I don't smoke in my house anymore!
Cheers...
another bump for fun's sake: Has anyone bought any of Basje's collection yet? I need the child support....I know, I know, I can dream on, on both counts!
Wow..this thread was quite a read.
My thought at the moment:
Basje is boasting about items he does not even own. This is the thought that runs through my head as i read this. I could be worng, yes, but something tells me it's not the enire truth we are hearing here.
Ah, the internet is truly a lovely thing...you can pretend to be whoever you wish.....
My thought at the moment:
Basje is boasting about items he does not even own. This is the thought that runs through my head as i read this. I could be worng, yes, but something tells me it's not the enire truth we are hearing here.
Ah, the internet is truly a lovely thing...you can pretend to be whoever you wish.....
he's not real good at telling the truth I'm afraid-I know him pretty well...
I'm a huge video collector. I just collect comedys. I know that dosn't really count but never mind. I also collect Queen pretty madly. I've got all thier albums on vinyl and Cd and cassette tape. I also have all the videos and all the DVDS with the exeption of a couple which i still have to get. In years to come do you think my Queen collection would be worth much? I know my videos are worth alot as i have collected a lot of rare deleted items. Sorry this is a bit off track.