FT: My Benaroya Hall LP for your Billboard Poster +...

jamminpearls

:shock:

ten2o3

Got my billboard poster (40/200) today...and the color is ABSOLUTELY AMAZING on this thing!!! Good luck in your search

DAMON

I feel responsible....

2-feign-reluctance

What the fuck do you all do for a living? Some liquid mofo's around here.

your move now

hey,
thought about it and I can't, not only do I want the poster and not want to be trying to track it down, but I just can't spend even that *cheap* rate on a record, esp not so close to xmas...
I want the Benny but that's nothing new so I'll just keep on...
Good luck though, hope you get one

Cob

It's beyond me why anyone would pay almost $1,000 for an LP that's a live recording that was more than likely recorded digitally, the CD and LP more than likely sound almost the same. So you are basically paying that much to have the large cardboard LP cover and a couple of pull out pictures.

I own thousand of LP's that I have accumulated in my 42 years on this earth and let me tell you, you can buy a lot of LP's for $1,000 you could by about 30 new 180 gram vinyl LP's for that much money, I WISH I had a Benaroya Hall LP, not to have, but to freaking sell to someone so I could buy 30 new 180 gram LP's and I could just listen to my Benaroya Hall CD when I wanted to hear it.

thebetterman

Cob wrote:

It's beyond me why anyone would pay almost $1,000 for an LP that's a live recording that was more than likely recorded digitally, the CD and LP more than likely sound almost the same. So you are basically paying that much to have the large cardboard LP cover and a couple of pull out pictures.

I own thousand of LP's that I have accumulated in my 42 years on this earth and let me tell you, you can buy a lot of LP's for $1,000 you could by about 30 new 180 gram vinyl LP's for that much money, I WISH I had a Benaroya Hall LP, not to have, but to freaking sell to someone so I could buy 30 new 180 gram LP's and I could just listen to my Benaroya Hall CD when I wanted to hear it.

One mans obsession is another mans folly.

My obsession is posters... Pieces of paper with colors on them. To each our own ok?

mookeywrench

Cob wrote:

It's beyond me why anyone would pay almost $1,000 for an LP that's a live recording that was more than likely recorded digitally, the CD and LP more than likely sound almost the same. So you are basically paying that much to have the large cardboard LP cover and a couple of pull out pictures.

I own thousand of LP's that I have accumulated in my 42 years on this earth and let me tell you, you can buy a lot of LP's for $1,000 you could by about 30 new 180 gram vinyl LP's for that much money, I WISH I had a Benaroya Hall LP, not to have, but to freaking sell to someone so I could buy 30 new 180 gram LP's and I could just listen to my Benaroya Hall CD when I wanted to hear it.

Gold is just a rock, wine is just moldy grape juice, money is just silky paper....the list goes on and on

joe2468

YOU ARE CRAZY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i would never do this trade but TO EACH HIS OWN ...


if i had the poster i would have made this trade in seconds ....

im willing to bet you will find someone to make this trade by the end of the day ...

KC2917

Nevermind. I reread your post for the 11th time and figured it out.

KC2917

I think it's a solid trade, by the way. If I was in the market for a Benny, I'd do it in a heartbeat.

cowboypjfan

You are looking for over $1,100 kn value for your record. Billboard posters are going for $525 right now. Benny's aren't worth much more than that. I would say a fair deal would be around $100-$200 and the poster for the record. You'll be able to get a Benny again for $500 in the summer.

Just because one auction sells for $900, people think theirs is worth that much. Wow!! You might be better off selling your Benny on eBay and buying the poster with the money. You might end up with $300-$325 profit, not $600!!

Sorry, I had a friend interested in this trade, but now he thinks he would rather keep the poster than shell out $600 plus a poster that will soon be going for over $600.

EDIT: The onlly reason I bring this up is because the OP thinks the poster is only worth $90 but wants to go by ebay prices for his record and not the poster. Wrong. The Benny was only worth $45 at one point too.

FrankBauer

crazypjfan wrote:

You are looking for over $1,100 kn value for your record. Billboard posters are going for $525 right now. Benny's aren't worth much more than that. I would say a fair deal would be around $100-$200 and the poster for the record. You'll be able to get a Benny again for $500 in the summer.

Just because one auction sells for $900, people think theirs is worth that much. Wow!! You might be better off selling your Benny on eBay and buying the poster with the money. You might end up with $300-$325 profit, not $600!!

Sorry, I had a friend interested in this trade, but now he thinks he would rather keep the poster than shell out $600 plus a poster that will soon be going for over $600.

EDIT: The onlly reason I bring this up is because the OP thinks the poster is only worth $90 but wants to go by ebay prices for his record and not the poster. Wrong. The Benny was only worth $45 at one point too.

he's cherry-picking the prices and disregarding the current flippability of the billboard print. the whole market is really out of control right now - an open benny for $900? and the auction on ebay showed alot of edgewear....tis the season...

i do think it will all settle eventually, i dont know if the benny will be back at 500 in a few months, 850-950 may be the new standard. i also dont think the billboard print will decrease, with its small run, i think it may settle at around 450-550 - that would be my low estimate but who really knows. i was wondering if i should be scrambling to try to find a billboard print now rather than later since i didnt score one in the sale in case it really does blow up.

a few comments popped up in this thread indicating it was a fair offer, so if the OP gets this deal, good for him. although i'm with you in terms of value, you never know who will pay what, or who thinks whats fair. a PJ fan is trying to sell his PJ20 vinyl for $260 over at EB. even with a another poster telling him its not market value (on ebay and amazon), people rush to his defense basically affirming his right to take advantage of the uninformed. it certainly is a refreshing take given the threads here are usually full of judgement. but i do like the fact that the opinions here are usually geared towards helping the uninformed get a fair deal.

thebetterman

crazypjfan wrote:

You are looking for over $1,100 kn value for your record. Billboard posters are going for $525 right now. Benny's aren't worth much more than that. I would say a fair deal would be around $100-$200 and the poster for the record. You'll be able to get a Benny again for $500 in the summer.

Just because one auction sells for $900, people think theirs is worth that much. Wow!! You might be better off selling your Benny on eBay and buying the poster with the money. You might end up with $300-$325 profit, not $600!!

Sorry, I had a friend interested in this trade, but now he thinks he would rather keep the poster than shell out $600 plus a poster that will soon be going for over $600.

EDIT: The onlly reason I bring this up is because the OP thinks the poster is only worth $90 but wants to go by ebay prices for his record and not the poster. Wrong. The Benny was only worth $45 at one point too.

dude... what the hell? We were talking privately via email. There is no need for this, and i was completely upfront in my original post.

I never paid attention to Benny prices. Up until last week i never thought about trading/selling it. I want this poster, and checked completed ebay prices for a comp. value of the Benny vinyl. One ended a day or so prior at $925 or so. At the time, the poster was selling for $350. So I offered the trade of my vinyl for the poster + $600 for a pretty even market value trade.

I couldn't have been more upfront and I'm sorry you didn't read my original post clearly. Trying to call me out in this thread because you didn't read my original post correctly is pretty shitty though.

thebetterman

In other terms, bump.

If my trade is unfair, make an offer. I would like to see this poster on my wall soon.

thanks,
Kevin

cowboypjfan

I don't think I was calling you out, just stating the obvious. I'm sorry if you thought that but numbers don't lie. Anyway, this trade was for a friend, not me so i'll let it go.

$100 to $200 plus the Benny for the poster would work. The poster is much more limited than the Benny. If you are going to go by ebay prices for your Benny, you should do the same for the poster, that's all.

Good luck!

AfghanTwilight

I honestly think that PJ20 poster is one of the worst designs ever. What were they trying to advertise? Monster Energy Halucination Pearl Jam Euphoria Jam on the Hill?

I'd keep the records. At the very least, you know the vinyl will hold its value. This poster, not so much. This is no Easy Street we're talking about. There are very few post '98 posters that hold their enormous value. Think about the MSG 03 Scientist.

And who cares about exclusivity of an item when it's not that appealing. It's gigantic and you're going to seriously question why you bothered paying $500 bucks to frame it a few years from now.

FrankBauer

AfghanTwilight wrote:

I honestly think that PJ20 poster is one of the worst designs ever. What were they trying to advertise? Monster Energy Halucination Pearl Jam Euphoria Jam on the Hill?

I'd keep the records. At the very least, you know the vinyl will hold its value. This poster, not so much. This is no Easy Street we're talking about. There are very few post '98 posters that hold their enormous value. Think about the MSG 03 Scientist.

And who cares about exclusivity of an item when it's not that appealing. It's gigantic and you're going to seriously question why you bothered paying $500 bucks to frame it a few years from now.

i think most people who want this print want it because of the whole "i was there and saw it being painted behind me." i think the design is pretty cool. think it was one of the better ones out of the 4 alpine prints. and finding meaning in alot PJ prints can actually be pretty difficult. not sure where munk/maxx got their inspiration from but it would be cool to hear it. the run and event is whats going to make this popular and hold value...

cant say for certain either that the benny vinyl is a sure thing to hold value - you never know. my guess is there wouldnt be a reissue, but if there is, it will kill the value of benny. just like ITW.

AfghanTwilight

I doubt we'll ever see a reissue of benaroya, at least on colored vinyl. I think they know what they did with it.

I didn't know the billboard was painted during the event. That's cool. I just find the art random and ill-suited for hanging in most homes. I don't know who'd want to take that much real estate for a neon-colored print that wasn't a Warhol. But i'm older now. And i'm over the bulk of need for most things PJ-related in my life that aren't music.

Dr. Delight

And I thought I was the only one who thought the new Billboard poster was god awful ugly. I'd keep the Benny Lp's any day over that poster.