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Permalink Reply by Benjamin on May 21, 2018 at 10:22am

Wait... so this stuff was the bottom of the barrel stuff for him? He had some excellent pieces listed here. RR mentioned they're dividing Brennan's items into 5 auctions and I was wondering what he could possibly still have that would top some of the more high end items he sold.

By the way, my high bid on that Mick Jagger photo was $636 (over $700 with the buyer's premium). RR has sold Jagger photos for much less than that in the past (quite a few at around $300).  I'm wondering if Brennan would really have sold some of these pieces elsewhere with higher rates, or if they just would have sat?

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Permalink Reply by marc e on May 21, 2018 at 10:50am

yes its the bottom of the barrel 

u should see what long time inperson people have stock piled away.

take a guess at how many nirvana he has signed or Clapton or jaggers u would be shocked

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Permalink Reply by J. Mikael on May 21, 2018 at 12:30pm

I'd figure probably dozens originally. Who knows how many he's got left, if he's indeed been liquidating his collection, as mentioned here, through other auctions and sales over the years.

Even spread over several auctions there should be way more high caliber stuff than has been seen here.

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Permalink Reply by Benjamin on May 21, 2018 at 3:17pm

It wouldn’t surprise me, to be honest. When I was living in New York and collecting in person, I once got Paul McCartney twice in one night (once leaving an event, and again later leaving that event’s after party). I can only imagine how many someone might have after nearly 40 years of collecting.

on that same note, I had always heard stories about how though Clapton is a tough signer, he always stops for Brennan and sometimes does more than one for him, so I wouldn’t be surprised if he’s sitting on at least a few dozen Clapton graphs.

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Permalink Reply by marc e on May 21, 2018 at 4:26pm

Clapton signed over 100 guitars in a year for me alone not counting posters and other stuff

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Permalink Reply by sling on May 21, 2018 at 2:12pm

this month its hollywood at rr

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Permalink Reply by Bjorn VDB on May 21, 2018 at 11:52am

I find it hard to believe what you are saying John.

This wasn’t crap at all. As if he has dozens of Nirvana’s, Pearl Jams, Mccartney’s and Princes still left behind. Seems very unlikely to me. RR auction wouldn’t sell a bunch of crap, I think they know their business.

Also unlikely that he would get much higher prices if he would sell them by himself. The prices on a lot of items already were above market value in this auction. There was a Bono for 530 dollar, you can get him for less than half easily from reputable sellers.

I’m very curious to see what is next if this was the crap part.

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Permalink Reply by J. Mikael on May 21, 2018 at 12:40pm

Any long time in-person collector with a lot of good stuff, is bound to also have a huge stash of lesser stuff, i.e. crap. I'm only surprised by the high ratio of crap.

In the next auction(s) we will probably see more crap with some good stuff sprinkled in.

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Permalink Reply by Stephen Duncan on May 21, 2018 at 1:14pm

After 35 years of in person collecting, I have thrown out much left over junk that was smeared, signed on top of another, album took too much of a beating while waiting for others, or just gave up on.

OF the rest, I finally got around to dividing up my collection as A/B/C in 2015/2016:

The (A) stuff is the best/often inscribed.  It stays for keeps and is being passed on to my kids. Some absolute one of a kind and so very hard to obtain treasures!!!

(B) stuff is a mix of some really good stuff, duplicates/triplicates and stuff that for the right price, is up for sale.

(C) is stuff that I feel I can sell and still be happy with what I have. The income will subsidize future autograph opportunities.

Why sell over the last few years of being a collector only: It's simple - It's far more expensive these days to collect quality autographs.  Meet & Greets run about $300.00 - $600.00 and autograph conventions are no longer a bargain either.

If Brennan cleaned off his office wall, his closet, or what was in the trunk of his car for this past auction, I can clearly understand why.

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Permalink Reply by a pug called eva on May 21, 2018 at 8:57pm

I don't have a clue as to who this Brennan chap is or the quality of his collection but I do not think it necessary to describe any genuine autograph as "crap", especially a member of this site may have bought it at auction.

Terms like "common", "lesser quality" or "less desirable" would be more appropriate. Fakes are a different matter - you can call them what you like. 

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