Coolest Thing You Ever Found in a Record Sleeve
fishmongerfunk
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i have heard of cash, porno, cocaine, and have found all kinds of sundry things myself but this takes the cake:
A former Motown Museum employee made an unusual???and very valuable???discovery after he returned from the estate sale of a Detroit musician: Inside a record, which he'd purchased for just 50 cents, the man found Marvin Gaye's 1964 passport.
In an Antiques Roadshow that aired on February 3, the man recounted his find to appraiser Laura Woolley.
After a Motown musician had passed, we had gone to their house to pick up some items that the family wanted to donate to the museum, and they had said, "Is there anything else you wanted? "Because otherwise, it's going to be in the estate sale this weekend." She said, "No," and I said, "What about these albums and records?"
The man didn't take any back to the museum, but he later returned to the sale and bought several albums and 45s. The albums were 50 cents each, and the 45s cost just a quarter. "When I got home, I was going through them and out of an album fell this passport," the man said, laughing. "And so it literally fell into my hands."
It's turned out to be a very valuable find. "I wouldn't put less than $20,000 on the passport if you were to insure it," Wooley told the man.
His response? "Are you kidding me? I never would have thought. I mean, I'm just shocked. I mean... wow. Oh gosh, thank you."
http://gawker.com/marvin-gayes-lost-passport-found-in-record-bought-at-g-1515865752
A former Motown Museum employee made an unusual???and very valuable???discovery after he returned from the estate sale of a Detroit musician: Inside a record, which he'd purchased for just 50 cents, the man found Marvin Gaye's 1964 passport.
In an Antiques Roadshow that aired on February 3, the man recounted his find to appraiser Laura Woolley.
After a Motown musician had passed, we had gone to their house to pick up some items that the family wanted to donate to the museum, and they had said, "Is there anything else you wanted? "Because otherwise, it's going to be in the estate sale this weekend." She said, "No," and I said, "What about these albums and records?"
The man didn't take any back to the museum, but he later returned to the sale and bought several albums and 45s. The albums were 50 cents each, and the 45s cost just a quarter. "When I got home, I was going through them and out of an album fell this passport," the man said, laughing. "And so it literally fell into my hands."
It's turned out to be a very valuable find. "I wouldn't put less than $20,000 on the passport if you were to insure it," Wooley told the man.
His response? "Are you kidding me? I never would have thought. I mean, I'm just shocked. I mean... wow. Oh gosh, thank you."
http://gawker.com/marvin-gayes-lost-passport-found-in-record-bought-at-g-1515865752
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weed
used syringe
money
funeral programs
homework
my favorite though was some kids math test (failed big time) and his teacher wrote a note requiring a parent signature. It was inside the first Silver Apples LP.
b/w
Antiques Roadshow - remember insurance value is much more than sell value.
B/w
Antiques Roadshow - Wow! I didn't think it was worth any thing, that is why I got here at 6am and stood in line for 5 hours to get it appraised.
;-)
I found press kits in my "Atlantis" LP by Sun Ra and "Journey to Satchidanada" LP by Alice Coltrane. The kits included a black-and-white glossy photo and typeset biography. I plan to frame the items at some point.
Peace,
Big Stacks from Kakalak
Yes LaserWolf, I was stoked. The dated nature of the pictures and typesetting just screams 'vintage.'. It was like opening a time capsule.
Peace,
Big Stacks from Kakalak
I need to dig it out and see.
- a bag of crack
- prom photos
- nude photos (of people you really wouldn't want to see nude)
- juke box labels
- a will
- pay check stubs
- a copy of a restraining order
- press kits
- a clean copy of a record I was actually in need of an upgrade of but wasn't the right record for said cover.
- a gold bracelet
- condoms
Never found any cash though.
those two things are all you really need for a good time!
I've found money a number of times, but this was the most.
Also:
Weed numerous times, including a 10" pot leaf pressed in a gatefold.
Unknown white powder.
A will. It came in handy because the owner had passed and his sister had told me that settling his estate was a hassle cos she couldn't find it. It was in a Bruce Springsteen record.
Nude photos from the 50s of two guys clowning around naked in a hotel room with some hookers. Thing was, I got these in a collection where the wife was looking over my shoulder the whole time I was going through it. I barely hid them from her gaze in time.
Tons of photos, poems, drawings, love letters, philosophical writings etc
Press kits galore.
best...
I also found a mummified, flattened spider in a gatefold once. Didn't keep it's flavor.
i found $800 in a Eric B & Rakim cassette tape...
Paid in Full?
yes. it waS $860 actually
does this make it a $200 record?