An Occasional Deram…
Following on from an eBay sale of the New Zealand pressing of David Bowie’s Deram LP (above right) that went for £460.00 GBP (approx. $756 USD) back in April, it seemed that BowieNetter pmfwoods (04.07.2008 NEWS: THE BOWIE COLLECTORS – PMFWOODS) was spot on with his Record Collector feature regarding the Deram album, when he suggested that the NZ pressing was worth around £450.00 GBP.
As we all know, and as Paul mentioned in that article, it’s hard to predict an accurate price for many of the rarer Bowie items. But, even so, £460 was a very good price considering the vinyl was warped and affected play of the first song on each side.
The seller of that particular copy predicted that: “It will be a long LONG time before you see another. This is TRULY the RAREST OF THE RARE!”. Well, I guess time is relative and two months could be considered ‘a long LONG time’ in many situations.
Of course, I’m alluding to the fact that another NZ pressing sold on eBay last week for a remarkable £1,321.11 GBP, (approx. $2,171 USD) leaving collectors around the globe flabbergasted, probably.
A German pressing (above left) sold for a less surprising ?458.00 EUR (approx. $637 USD and approx. £390.00 GBP) the week before, much closer to Paul’s original reckoning of £400.00.
