Looks like Basje may need to change his plans from a huge villa to a week in a nice hotel ;-)
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There's one thing I like about P_G's posts: they have a tendency of making me take out my dictionary from time to time and look up words I've never heard before and will hopefully stick in my humble vocabulary.
howcome i never ever hear anyone complaining about ugly paintings being sold for $58 MILLION,
and THE ultimate award of them all, (which i claim Fredies BoRap IS !) IS BEING VALUED LIKE ANY OTHER NORMAL OR ORDINARY AWARD...?
this award, even without the autographs, is THE creme de la creme of all awards from Queen on the planet. NO other award comes close to what this award means in Rock 'n Roll history.
It is much and much more than only just another award. This award was the confirmation and big change and a milestone in the music industry worldwide. It is a milestone and monument in many different perspectives.
A song like this, the first over 5 and a half minutes long, with officially the very first so called video-clip, for 9 weeks at the number 1 spot in many countries, the song that established Queen as the biggest act on the planet and that gave them immortal superstardom-status....it's not just like any other song and any other award.THIS award is a MONUMENT!
The whole musical "We Will Rock You" is about this song, and a tribute to it, making millions of dollars and breaking all previous records and winning all the theatre-prizes around the world!
It is still the biggest moneymaker in music-history, ever!
And FREDDIES personal award for this song, YES, is indeed an uncomparable piece of Rock 'n Roll history that deserves to be sold for not a penny less!!!As i already said before, this IS museumstuff really!
If you think it is worth nothing more than any other award (between €1000,- and €3500,-), then your not worthy of having it, as to me, it is like degrading the ultimate song of all times into something like a d-quality song of an unknown artist. You are then, NOT appreciating Queen OR Bohemian Rhapsody for what they're really worth and really meant and still mean in this "bizznizz"!!
Again, a piece like this can not be found twice.
It is a one-off.
And not the (just being jealous-) fans, but the price that is being paid for it, decide what is its value at the end of the day. Like Van Gogh's sunflowers,(God is that an ugly painting!),that aint worth 58 million dollars!
So who do you think you are, to tell me that this piece isn't worth what i want to have for it IF i sell it? What if i get this money for it?
That still doesn't change the value of other awards in a negative way! As this award for this song is unique.There is NO comparing possible!
AND :I mustn't sell it. I may and might. It is available for the person who pays me this amount!
I will not part with it for less!
And if placed on a roundturning plate in some sort of glass-shell with na nice lamp on it, you can see it all around, including the signatures on its backside! If you're hanging it against a wall, then you are right about not being able to see them.
As said, these are all items for the serious and rich collectors, not for fans that would like a bargain!
Top items for top prices.
very simple. Very correct.
Hope you understand my point of view.
I can (if i try hard) understand the reactions i have read so far, and i respect them.
But they do NOT change or lower the price i am selling it for.
How proud could you be as a Queenfan, IF this is being paid for Freddies "piece de resistance"?
Wouldn't that put him and his best creation ever, there where they truly belong?
Right on top above the rest, and break yet another worldrecord again?
:-)
Basje
and THE ultimate award of them all, (which i claim Fredies BoRap IS !) IS BEING VALUED LIKE ANY OTHER NORMAL OR ORDINARY AWARD...?
this award, even without the autographs, is THE creme de la creme of all awards from Queen on the planet. NO other award comes close to what this award means in Rock 'n Roll history.
It is much and much more than only just another award. This award was the confirmation and big change and a milestone in the music industry worldwide. It is a milestone and monument in many different perspectives.
A song like this, the first over 5 and a half minutes long, with officially the very first so called video-clip, for 9 weeks at the number 1 spot in many countries, the song that established Queen as the biggest act on the planet and that gave them immortal superstardom-status....it's not just like any other song and any other award.THIS award is a MONUMENT!
The whole musical "We Will Rock You" is about this song, and a tribute to it, making millions of dollars and breaking all previous records and winning all the theatre-prizes around the world!
It is still the biggest moneymaker in music-history, ever!
And FREDDIES personal award for this song, YES, is indeed an uncomparable piece of Rock 'n Roll history that deserves to be sold for not a penny less!!!As i already said before, this IS museumstuff really!
If you think it is worth nothing more than any other award (between €1000,- and €3500,-), then your not worthy of having it, as to me, it is like degrading the ultimate song of all times into something like a d-quality song of an unknown artist. You are then, NOT appreciating Queen OR Bohemian Rhapsody for what they're really worth and really meant and still mean in this "bizznizz"!!
Again, a piece like this can not be found twice.
It is a one-off.
And not the (just being jealous-) fans, but the price that is being paid for it, decide what is its value at the end of the day. Like Van Gogh's sunflowers,(God is that an ugly painting!),that aint worth 58 million dollars!
So who do you think you are, to tell me that this piece isn't worth what i want to have for it IF i sell it? What if i get this money for it?
That still doesn't change the value of other awards in a negative way! As this award for this song is unique.There is NO comparing possible!
AND :I mustn't sell it. I may and might. It is available for the person who pays me this amount!
I will not part with it for less!
And if placed on a roundturning plate in some sort of glass-shell with na nice lamp on it, you can see it all around, including the signatures on its backside! If you're hanging it against a wall, then you are right about not being able to see them.
As said, these are all items for the serious and rich collectors, not for fans that would like a bargain!
Top items for top prices.
very simple. Very correct.
Hope you understand my point of view.
I can (if i try hard) understand the reactions i have read so far, and i respect them.
But they do NOT change or lower the price i am selling it for.
How proud could you be as a Queenfan, IF this is being paid for Freddies "piece de resistance"?
Wouldn't that put him and his best creation ever, there where they truly belong?
Right on top above the rest, and break yet another worldrecord again?
:-)
Basje
Hmm, about...$100 if that? I think the 'rarest' thing I have at the moment/getting is a (red) copy of Nazis by Mr Meddows-Taylor. Don't know how much that's even close to being worth. Not much I would imagine seeing as I got it for .99 pound.
Van Gogh's painting is something that Van Gogh painted. BoRhap award was not made by Freddie himself, it was manufactured by EMI who make hundreds of similar awards every day. I'm sure the BoRhap award is a great item but it's still a factory product. I will give you a couple of similar examples
- tour itinerary (20-30 copies existed for each tour) - $200
- some really nice item signed by the whole band = $200-$300
- Freddie's handwriting lyrics = $2000
- clothes worn by Freddie = $2000-$5000
An award that Freddie touched for five minutes can (especially for die hard fans) hardly be equal to an outfit he used for the Knebworth gig or to an A5 paper with handwritten lyrics of a Queen song.
- tour itinerary (20-30 copies existed for each tour) - $200
- some really nice item signed by the whole band = $200-$300
- Freddie's handwriting lyrics = $2000
- clothes worn by Freddie = $2000-$5000
An award that Freddie touched for five minutes can (especially for die hard fans) hardly be equal to an outfit he used for the Knebworth gig or to an A5 paper with handwritten lyrics of a Queen song.
A song like this, the first over 5 and a half minutes long, with officially the very first so called video-clip,
"Hey Jude" was released at over 7 minutes in length. "Rain" and "Paperback Writer" were promotional clips recorded for television to substitute for live appearances 10 years before Bo Rhap.
Tea, biscuits, anyone ?
A packet of crisps for me and a coke, thanks.
C'mon people, he just wants to make the price higher than 2500$... just try with 5000$/5500$, then maybe you can find a deal!
C'mon people, he just wants to make the price higher than 2500$... just try with 5000$/5500$, then maybe you can find a deal!
it remains comparing apples and pears...
there is NO comparing possible...
there is only 1 Bohemian Rhapsody
there was only 1 Freddie Mercury
there is only 1 first award for that from Freddie
there is only 1 for sale now
there can be only 1
there will be only 1
and yes, EMI had a lot of awards made and the awards industry is huge....but still,
there was only 1 award like this one, and just try to get it....you will find that that is impossible...unless....
:-)
there is NO comparing possible...
there is only 1 Bohemian Rhapsody
there was only 1 Freddie Mercury
there is only 1 first award for that from Freddie
there is only 1 for sale now
there can be only 1
there will be only 1
and yes, EMI had a lot of awards made and the awards industry is huge....but still,
there was only 1 award like this one, and just try to get it....you will find that that is impossible...unless....
:-)
Bas, I'm afraid that you are looking at this item a bit different than we do. You've added a whole story to this award, you think that it is a great song, you think that it's Freddie's masterpiece, you think that it's unique..... happened to notice that every line begins with "you"?? I think that my Queen acetates are even better than that award because they go to the core of the recording proces (don't think that you can get any closer unless you have the master tapes), but even though I think that the acetates are unique, that doesn't mean that they are worth 10, 20 or 30 times its normal value. You have a different view about this item and that is probably the reason why you give it such a high price.
Billions of people have heard BoRhap by now so it's not unique.
Many other awards were made for other singles/albums, so a BoRhap award isn't so special.
BoRhap sold many copies, so an award for this track isn't so special or unlikely.
But I can understand your POV as well... BoRhap was Freddie's baby, your award was presented to him, BoRhap made history and is still regarded being great, so your conclusion is that it's valuable.... véry valuable.
But you are wrong..
Billions of people have heard BoRhap by now so it's not unique.
Many other awards were made for other singles/albums, so a BoRhap award isn't so special.
BoRhap sold many copies, so an award for this track isn't so special or unlikely.
But I can understand your POV as well... BoRhap was Freddie's baby, your award was presented to him, BoRhap made history and is still regarded being great, so your conclusion is that it's valuable.... véry valuable.
But you are wrong..
you actually sound a bit like those people on TV Shop... they also claim that their product is the best and will give a million reasons, but in the end their product is the same as all the others.
Should I look the same to my LOML acetate as well? It was OWNED by Freddie and he loved that song on the ANATO album. It even has a diff edit but I will never ask 100.000 for it.
Should I look the same to my LOML acetate as well? It was OWNED by Freddie and he loved that song on the ANATO album. It even has a diff edit but I will never ask 100.000 for it.
I was going to remain silent on this, but I can't :)
If he finds someone willing to pay 100000 euros for it, good for him :)
If not, then the other theory is proved ;-)
It is as simple as that, no need to fight:
Throw it on ebay and wait for a bid.
If he finds someone willing to pay 100000 euros for it, good for him :)
If not, then the other theory is proved ;-)
It is as simple as that, no need to fight:
Throw it on ebay and wait for a bid.
Just out of curiosity, if I decided to sell my Immortals 7", how much would you guys pay for it?
And also, does anyone have any idea how much an autographed Fefe Dobson CD would go for on eBay? (I have Fefe's album which I got autographed by her in person at West Edmonton Mall the day before the Juno 2004 awards!)
And also, does anyone have any idea how much an autographed Fefe Dobson CD would go for on eBay? (I have Fefe's album which I got autographed by her in person at West Edmonton Mall the day before the Juno 2004 awards!)
"Biggest moneymaker in music history"????
er...Michael Jackson, The Beatles, Elvis, even Eminem..
oh, you meant songs?
er....Do They Know It's Christmas, Candle In The Wind 97, even Tie A Yellow Ribbon (most covered song in history - the writer of that hasn't worked for a bit).
Plus surely inspiring the musical detracts from the value even more than a Dutch DJ (????wtf??? Kenny Everett you could make a case for, but a Dutch DJ on a UK sales award??? come to think of it Spike Edney & Eric Singer???? Has Eric even PLAYED Bo Rhap with Queen???)?
Sorry, got carried away there.
Van Gogh's sunflowers is an original piece of art. What you have is a defaced tribute to the popularity of an original piece of art. The other difference is....
THE SELLER DIDN'T SET THE PRICE.
er...Michael Jackson, The Beatles, Elvis, even Eminem..
oh, you meant songs?
er....Do They Know It's Christmas, Candle In The Wind 97, even Tie A Yellow Ribbon (most covered song in history - the writer of that hasn't worked for a bit).
Plus surely inspiring the musical detracts from the value even more than a Dutch DJ (????wtf??? Kenny Everett you could make a case for, but a Dutch DJ on a UK sales award??? come to think of it Spike Edney & Eric Singer???? Has Eric even PLAYED Bo Rhap with Queen???)?
Sorry, got carried away there.
Van Gogh's sunflowers is an original piece of art. What you have is a defaced tribute to the popularity of an original piece of art. The other difference is....
THE SELLER DIDN'T SET THE PRICE.
"there was only 1 Freddie Mercury"
Thats not true, as a matter of fact theres another Fred Mercury living in Brussels, Belgium. He's a 72 year old farmer, he has a wife. 8 kids and 11 grandchildren
This is his picture:
http://rurallife.kenyon.edu/newLookImages/bigImages/oldFarmer.jpg
Thats not true, as a matter of fact theres another Fred Mercury living in Brussels, Belgium. He's a 72 year old farmer, he has a wife. 8 kids and 11 grandchildren
This is his picture:
http://rurallife.kenyon.edu/newLookImages/bigImages/oldFarmer.jpg