Yes this ognikatze seller is a great example. However all (well, not all, but an absolute majority) of his CD's are still sealed rarities - was he keeping them in a cupboard for few years ? If so then soundtracks *are* an investment.

Especially the vinyl soundtracks are more collector's items than actual records, but I still think that $315 for an EP of "Fantômas se dechaîne" was a *bit* ridiculous. This price is from the last November.

42zaphod, February 14, 2006; 11:08 PM

I'd have to say that Broughton's OLD MAN AND THE SEA is rare and does rate a higher price. I say this from a collecting stand point. I tried to get OLD MAN for a long time. Trying to find one is pretty hard these days. I bid on one several years ago and I got it for $40.00 US.

hammon, February 14, 2006; 11:38 PM

I sold the Jaws 2 OST CD (Varese Sarabande) on eBay for $275.00 about 6 months ago. That was the most extreme case of a "bidding war" that I've ever seen, considering the fact that that CD usually sells for no more that $30-$40 on eBay.

American.Nightmare, February 15, 2006; 3:37 AM

To hammon: i just purchased ´Old man and the sea´from an australian seller for 42 $ and there were two bids (including mine) on it.
To coma: i normally bid in the last seconds of an auction to prevent the self-dynamics auctions can get. I have a certain prize in mind and i won´t get over this limit. Pseudo:petrans0

peter-anselm, February 15, 2006; 9:48 AM

speaking of ludicrous, did anyone see the 640 dollars paid to filmmusicbatman for Hocus Pocus ???

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&;item=4828119861&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1

ebay id anputsonmusic.

anthonynputson, February 15, 2006; 11:48 AM

to 42 zaphod: maybe i am wrong, but the name of this seller and his location (Hamburg) remembers me to the former owner of tarantula-records. He had a lot of this italian and french stuff and naturally the japanese SLCS.

peter-anselm, February 15, 2006; 12:34 PM

See also this item: 4828386958
Though this doesn't even look serious due to the bidders' feedbacks.

"I normally bid in the last seconds of an auction to prevent the self-dynamics auctions can get. I have a certain prize in mind and I won't get over this limit."

I couldn't have said that better. I hope I'll understand one day why some folks like to bid and outbid each other within the first few days.
Also when you bid in the last seconds and you see your maximum wasn't enough, there is fortunately NO time to enter a higher maximum (which I always want to do at first, and later I'm glad I didn't).
My pseudo is vyvy42. But I'm sure I've never outbid any of you because I'm never willing to pay much on ebay.

42zaphod, February 15, 2006; 1:59 PM

The market is going to collapse... hillariously funny... I luv it! Perhaps we'll see some film music collectors jumping out from windows and others in food lines.

serifiot, February 15, 2006; 4:31 PM

coma: I bought my sealed copy of this CD 2 years ago for 8 EUR. I think the bidders were probably not serious about this one... but even then it's a strange 'hobby' to fake auctions.

42zaphod, February 15, 2006; 11:41 PM

As if it wasn't enough !!!!

Check this out: 4833909100

42zaphod, February 18, 2006; 1:55 AM

Yeah, but there are no bidders...yet.

American.Nightmare, February 18, 2006; 2:21 AM