Johnny Giles wrote:
LeggyD wrote:
Safesurfer wrote:
Anyone any idea how much an original Ideal for Living 7" EP (sleeve folded by Barney, etc), signed by all of JD (including Ian C) might fetch?
I'll give you 150 notes for it
An unsigned copy of Ideal For Living changed hands on ebay for over £500. And ebay is the only benchmark I've seen.
A signed version isn't easy to value due to a lack of precedent but with the kind of obsessive types who are into JD around it would only take two of them to start a bidding war and who knows where the price might end up. But you'd expect over £1k wouldn't you?. To state the bleeding obvious, it's worth what someone is prepared to pay for it, but that could very wildly depending on who's watching a bid.
The main factor would be provenance.
Hooky gave an interview recently where he said he'd faked ICs signature on many items such as record sleeves. So, in the light of that, how does anyone prove that an IC sig is genuine?. Especially something that's been signed by all the band where it's clear that Hooky had the item in his hand (and a pen in the other one) also.
Kinda kicks the arse out of this market?
So what you might have is a rare single, signed by 3/4 of the band and a potentially faked 4th sig. Now what the fuck might that fetch?!
I think Legge D is being generous with his £150 offer.
Been after a copy of this one misel for quite a while now,wouldn't go over £100 for a "signed" copy, as far as i am concerned ,yup the item has been signed but with naff all provenance.
tbh,without any provenance any tom, dick or Hooky could've signed it,in fact dare i say it,with those sigs on then the item is actually DE-VALUED and now worth considerbaly less than it should be.
However,i'm almost sure that if you stick it on Ebay some sap will pay over a grand for it.
Listen to me i know what i'm saying ,the voice of reason.
There are LOADS of bootleg AIFL copies out there.
Theres a guy sellin em on ebay for £20+ a throw.
Just after control was released then there were LOADS inc "limited edition" marbled vinyl 7's,even HMV WERE SELLIN EM FOR FOOKS SAKE!
