a sealed Benny went for $960 on ebay today

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  • pdalowsky
    pdalowsky Doncaster,UK Posts: 15,235
    some lovely judgemental posts in this thread.

    one has to wonder why?
  • BinFrog
    BinFrog MA Posts: 7,314
    PJfanwillneverleave1 said:


    If bennys were in the hands of fans there would be no unsealed benny to talk about.

    :-h
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  • callen
    callen Posts: 6,388
    Wish they'd reissue. Same exact packaging with same numbering system. Hell do 10 numbers of each number. HA ! :)
    10-18-2000 Houston, 04-06-2003 Houston, 6-25-2003 Toronto, 10-8-2004 Kissimmee, 9-4-2005 Calgary, 12-3-05 Sao Paulo, 7-2-2006 Denver, 7-22-06 Gorge, 7-23-2006 Gorge, 9-13-2006 Bern, 6-22-2008 DC, 6-24-2008 MSG, 6-25-2008 MSG
  • Leezestarr313
    Leezestarr313 Temple of the cat Posts: 14,451
    edited January 2014
    PJfanwillneverleave1 said:

    Hi Dr. D

    Yes you did post a pic of your benny to me (and everyone) - that's awesome.

    You are person number one with a pic. We have 2000 to go. The only way I can surmise to bring down the price is to find out who the select "few" that have a sealed dusty benny under their bed.

    And there are even people who have more than one. They keep one selaed to collect and the other one is being spun. People are different, and that is good. It would be a boring world if everybody was the same.

    I think the price won't go down significantly ever. This is why I am campaigning for a reissue. I don't care what everybody does with theirs. I just want my own.
    I'm not talking about a widespread reissue that just floods the market. It could be a made to order thing for tenclubbers. The second Benny generation or whatever you want to call it. Leave the order window open for a week. Make the packaging and the look of the lps a little bit different. Give the proceeds to charity. My god, so many people would be all over this! Even the collectors would want to have one, so they had something to spin if they kept their Benny sealed...

    I loved that because of reissues I was finally able to get my hands on Above and Blind Melon. I couldn't be happier with the reissues. They didn't make me poor and they sound fantastic. People are still trying to find the first issues, so the collector value didn't really go down. It would be just something like this...
    Post edited by Leezestarr313 on
    Please, Pearl Jam, consider a Benaroya Hall vinyl reissue! http://community.pearljam.com/discussion/148993/please-pearl-jam-consider-a-vinyl-benaroya-hall-re-issue


  • jlaustin
    jlaustin Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 2,355
    http://community.pearljam.com/discussion/179409/benaroya-hall-lps-revised-current-owners-list/p10

    Guess I'm number 2 to post a picture. Sucks when facts get in the way of a good story.

    Can't wait to spin it when I get home tonight!
    2013 Wrigley, Pittsburgh, Buffalo
    2014 Cincy, Detroit, Moline, & Milwaukee
    2015 Central Park
    2016 Lexington, Ottawa, Toronto 1 & 2, Boston 1 & 2, Chicago 1 & 2
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  • jdopj
    jdopj Posts: 772
    There are also people who bought one because it was cheap and very cool at that time. There wasn't really any indication of how rare it would turn out to be. People played it once, preserved it as is sealed or played it a lot. The secondary market is tempting for some. That is a lot of money to pass up if you are really not that attached to it. Doesn't make everyone a flipper, or not a fan.
  • BinFrog
    BinFrog MA Posts: 7,314
    PJfanwillneverleave1 said:

    The only way I can surmise to bring down the price is to find out who the select "few" that have a sealed dusty benny under their bed.

    People don't owe you a picture. I have a sealed Benny. No, I am not uploading a pic for you just so you can satisfy some sort of misplaced curiosity and prove a point.
    Bright eyed kid: "Wow Typo Man, you're the best!"
    Typo Man: "Thanks kidz, but remembir, stay in skool!"
  • 2-feign-reluctance
    2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,462
    edited January 2014
    PJfanwillneverleave1 said:

    Dr. Delight said:

    PJfanwillneverleave1 said:

    jlaustin said:

    Guess I am stupid, dumb, and a fool...

    Sure sounds beautiful coming out of my speakers though.

    Pics or what you are posting is not true.
    Why are you doubting him?
    Because the ever elusive sealed benny only appears to a select few. I want to see one in this forum.
    As soon as someone makes it easy to post pictures on here, I'd be happy to oblige! :D
    Post edited by 2-feign-reluctance on
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  • 2-feign-reluctance
    2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,462
    http://community.pearljam.com/discussion/179409/benaroya-hall-lps-revised-current-owners-list/p1

    I'm a fan and I'm also #1319 as you can see :D
    This is fun!
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  • thirdbeach
    thirdbeach Posts: 229
    what dumb logic. That's like saying uncorked wine or scotch is just "wasting away" on the rack. It's called collecting a rare item becomes even more rare by the day. I have both the vinyl and cd of Benaroya. I won't open the vinyl becuase it is cost prohibitive. Does the cd sound as good? No. But it 's not bad either. If you don't get it than you don't get collecting either.
  • BinFrog
    BinFrog MA Posts: 7,314
    thirdbeach said:

    what dumb logic. That's like saying uncorked wine or scotch is just "wasting away" on the rack. It's called collecting a rare item becomes even more rare by the day. I have both the vinyl and cd of Benaroya. I won't open the vinyl becuase it is cost prohibitive. Does the cd sound as good? No. But it 's not bad either. If you don't get it than you don't get collecting either.


    Most people with vinyl don't even have a nice enough system to be able to tell the difference anyway.
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  • jervin007
    jervin007 Posts: 3,182
    edited January 2014
    I couldn't care less if someone opens their vinyl or spins it. Its their property, they can do what they want with it.
    Post edited by jervin007 on
    PJ:
    2003 Mansfield: July 2
    2004 Boston: Sept 28 & 29
    2005 Montreal: Sept 15
    2006 Boston: May 24 & 25
    2008 Hartford: June 27, Mansfield: June 28,
    2010 Boston: May 17
    2013 Worcester: Oct 15, Hartford: Oct 25,
    2016 Hampton: April 18, Raleigh: April 20 (cancelled), Columbia: April 21. Quebec: May 5. Boston (Fenway): August 7

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  • Dr. Delight
    Dr. Delight Posts: 11,210

    Couldn't care less...
    And so you see, I have come to doubt
    All that I once held as true
    I stand alone without beliefs
    The only truth I know is you.
  • jervin007
    jervin007 Posts: 3,182
    edited January 2014
    I could care
    Dr. Delight said:


    Couldn't care less...

    Haha. Thanks for the correction Dr.

    PJ:
    2003 Mansfield: July 2
    2004 Boston: Sept 28 & 29
    2005 Montreal: Sept 15
    2006 Boston: May 24 & 25
    2008 Hartford: June 27, Mansfield: June 28,
    2010 Boston: May 17
    2013 Worcester: Oct 15, Hartford: Oct 25,
    2016 Hampton: April 18, Raleigh: April 20 (cancelled), Columbia: April 21. Quebec: May 5. Boston (Fenway): August 7

    EV Solo: Boston 8/2/08, Boston 6/16/11
  • mrk2
    mrk2 Finland Posts: 2,093
    Here's Benny meeting his distant relative SealedSevens for the first time, sitting on top of Vault 3 who's still in his original box. image
    225xxx - 6/28/00, 10/20/01, 10/22/01, 9/11/06, 9/22/06, 9/23/06, 6/18/07, 6/26/07, 8/15/09, 6/25/10, 6/30/10, 7/4/12, 7/5/12, 7/7/12, 7/10/12, 6/26/14, 6/28/14, 7/3/18, 7/5/18
  • Leezestarr313
    Leezestarr313 Temple of the cat Posts: 14,451
    That looks like the houses of those people who never take the plastic off their couches imageimage

    To each their own, I hope they make you happy image My Vault is leading a very happy life getting regular groove massages from the needle.
    Please, Pearl Jam, consider a Benaroya Hall vinyl reissue! http://community.pearljam.com/discussion/148993/please-pearl-jam-consider-a-vinyl-benaroya-hall-re-issue


  • maj4e
    maj4e Posts: 605
    never understood the fascination with this one, so many shows are better and if you just want to listen there's other forms of media so it virtually has to be the investment
  • mrk2
    mrk2 Finland Posts: 2,093
    With Benny I never got around to opening it when I got it, bought the cd and listened to it enough. Years later I started noticing how much they were going for and I actually thought that I had opened it during some drunken night of spinning vinyl, but to my surprise it was still sealed :) Opening Sevens is quite tempting though. I didn't buy any record to sell or play or anything, noticed that they were available and just went for it. Sevens is actually the most I've paid for PJ vinyl, not counting the box sets.
    225xxx - 6/28/00, 10/20/01, 10/22/01, 9/11/06, 9/22/06, 9/23/06, 6/18/07, 6/26/07, 8/15/09, 6/25/10, 6/30/10, 7/4/12, 7/5/12, 7/7/12, 7/10/12, 6/26/14, 6/28/14, 7/3/18, 7/5/18
  • mrk2
    mrk2 Finland Posts: 2,093
    maj4e said:

    never understood the fascination with this one, so many shows are better and if you just want to listen there's other forms of media so it virtually has to be the investment

    Exactly, I don't even like the sound of Benaroya recording, too much echo, if it would sound more intimate/close/punchier I would be tempted to break open the vinyl and give it a listen, but I got bored of the show by the time the vinyl finally arrived back in the day.
    225xxx - 6/28/00, 10/20/01, 10/22/01, 9/11/06, 9/22/06, 9/23/06, 6/18/07, 6/26/07, 8/15/09, 6/25/10, 6/30/10, 7/4/12, 7/5/12, 7/7/12, 7/10/12, 6/26/14, 6/28/14, 7/3/18, 7/5/18
  • Leezestarr313
    Leezestarr313 Temple of the cat Posts: 14,451
    If you don't care for it that much, I'd gladly take your vinyl off off you. I will play and enjoy the hell out of it image
    Please, Pearl Jam, consider a Benaroya Hall vinyl reissue! http://community.pearljam.com/discussion/148993/please-pearl-jam-consider-a-vinyl-benaroya-hall-re-issue


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