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Given the sale of the Bob Dylan signed blonde on blonde album for over $6,000 last night, Dylan has to be the answer. Any other ideas?
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The Bob Dylan song lyrics that went last night on RR auction for over 200K was pretty impressive as well
Hard to believe that the signed album went for $6200 when in january 2014 in the RR auction a nice signed framed photo cut went for $572. Prices really going crazy out there!
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True. A couple of other Dylan signed LPs from Mike Wehrmann each sold for about $2K less than a year ago. Has the value of his autograph tripled in less than a year? Regardless, I would say that Dylan is probably the most expensive. If you're looking at price versus supply, it could be Paul McCartney.
Xwiesy, purely from a financial perspective (ie if you were doing it for an investment), probably a good time to sell!
I appreciate that dylan is a cult figure and very significant in the history of rock and roll and the 1960's protest movement. However, i am still blown away by these prices for a 70 year old guy. I get it with a Jimmi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin, Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper etc, huge stars that died in their early 20's. I even get the expense of elvis, who died relatively young. Meanwhile, you can buy a very nice elvis authenticated by RR/Roger in the 2,000 range (prices are up pretty significantly on authentic Elvis signatures as well, at least when they are rock solid like those that Roger has signed off on) and Dylan is three times that? Again, i understand that Dylan has not signed hundreds or thousands of items for Upper Deck, but is he really more popular and less accessible over the years by this degree than say Mick Jagger, who is about the same age and sells for in the 1,000 range?
Value is always in the eye of the beholder, but from a purely financial perspective, i am highly suspect as to Bob Dylan's long term staying power as the baby boomers age. Said another way, how many 10 year olds today know bob dylan, compared to say elvis.
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I think luck played a big part in the selling price of the Dylan LP. There either happened to be two bidders who were both willing to pay well over market value, or someone set a very high straight bid for some reason. How do you explain the price of the Hendrix signature (plus Mitch and a few others) that sold for $20K? You can easily get a very nice Hendrix autograph on eBay for less than a third of that price.
Bob Dylan is one of the most influential musicians of all time, who has had a "profound impact on popular music and American culture, marked by lyrical compositions of extraordinary poetic power." His career has spanned more than six decades, but nonetheless quality memorabilia remains extremely rare due to his private nature.
Bob Dylan has achieved what many musicians fail to do. He's stood the test of time, managing to stay relevant for six decades in the music business up till today.
I am glad I still have my Bob Dylan autograph!!! :D
beatles albums are certainly not getting cheaper, quite the contrary of course.
I agree completely with Steve Kahldon and that was the point i was trying to make. I was not trying to denegrate or diminish Dylan's contributions, only pointing out that fame (ie demand) is an important part of price, its not just supply, and i think that the recognition of his contributions is pretty much limited to a specific generation. I dont think he is immortal like elvis for example. Thus, my point about whether ten year olds know who dylan is.
Not being a music autograph focused person (i do a lot more historical and sports than music, my music autographs are pretty much limited to elvis, berry gordy and louis armstrong (and i guess you could include edison, since he invented the phonograph), i am sure i underestimated the difference in price between a clean signature and an autographed album.
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