Oh man I need RC when I got DB…
Firstly, congratulations to
To celebrate this issue the magazine has listed who it considers to be the thirty most collectable artists of all time, “based solidly in current values and collecting trends”. Here follows the Top 10…
01 – The Beatles
02 – The Rolling Stones
03 – David Bowie
04 – Queen
05 – Led Zeppelin
06 – Pink Floyd
07 – Sex Pistols
08 – The Smiths
09 – Iron Maiden
10 – Joy Diviision
As with all these lists, this one’s sure to start some heated debate…Personal taste aside though, I’m surprised to see both Iron Maiden and Joy Division in the Top 10 and I didn’t think I’d find Elvis as low as #24 and Dylan at #28.
Anyway, it’s supposedly a scientific method they’ve used and it’s great to have Bowie at #3, considering what a relative newcomer he is compared to the two artists above him.
Generally I appreciate Record Collector for the informative and in-depth articles regarding many bands I love, not to mention the regular Bowie features they have published over the years.
However, if I have one gripe it’s the magazine’s bizarre valuations. I’ve ranted about this in the past so I’ll keep it brief here, but we probably need no better example than the one above from the current issue in the 1980 section of the magazine’s look back at the past thirty years.
Most collectors know the story behind the purple vinyl pressing of Scary Monsters, but whether you consider it legit or not, (I don’t) I think it’s absurd that RC values the album at £600 when, by their own admission in the same article, collectors have shelled out double that, and, indeed, up to seven times that amount.
I think a more accurate guide would suggest a figure between £2,000 and £4,000, depending on current trends. Particularly when the most recent sale of the record fetched £4,2200 on eBay (04.19.2007 NEWS: BOWIE ALBUM SELLS ON EBAY FOR £4,220 GBP) and even a shoddy counterfeit of this pressing (if that’s not just a counterfeit of a counterfeit) went for over a grand on eBay in 2005.