calling all collector nerds!!!!! what is your rarest item

[Diabolik]

since most of us who go to forums are collectors or completist. What would you say is the rarest or hardest to get items that you have in your collection.

This can be debatable....just because you have some demo of a band no one knows of...that is rare but not because it is highly sought after.

fire away....

 

[nomisofsiman]

I'm not necessarily the biggest collector. The two things I do have I think that would be considered would be Eddie's Archive, which you can find online, though pretty pricey and rarer, the Gamma Ray Ultimate Collection, which I noticed you can't even find on Ebay and Amazon anymore.

 

[Jasonic]

Love this thread already!!!
A couple years ago my list would have been three times as long but lots of my rarities have been sold.

DEMO:
LACERATION - THE WAY OF ALL FLESH (pre-Novembers Doom)

VINYL:
FATES WARNING - NIGHT ON BROCKEN (original artwork)
KISS - DYNASTY (with my ALIVE III Backstage pass from an autograph session of theirs I attended affixed to the cover. Autographed by Gene and Paul on front, and Bruck and Eric on back)

CD:
DANZIG - SATAN'S CHILD (Autographed by Glen)
HELLOWEEN - PINK BUBBLES GO APE (Japan fanpack edition, came with crappy iron on t-shirt)
HELLOWEEN - TREASURE CHEST box (3 Disc version with poster, etc)
ICED EARTH - DARK GENESIS box (I guess only 10 years old, but seems to fetch a bit of coin these days)
MANILLA ROAD - DREAMS OF ESCHATON (Metal Invader magazine semi-official bootleg)
MOTORHEAD - STONE DEAF FORVER box (Not very old but out of print and fetches mega-coin)
NOVEMBERS DOOM - FOR EVERY LEAF THAT FALLS EP (only 1000 pressed)
NOVEMBERS DOOM - NOVELLA REVERVOIR (pre-order edition with WAYFARING CHRONICLES book, autographed pic, sticker, all housed in black velvet bag)
OMEN - REOPENING THE GATES (rare only because no one wanted to buy it so VERY few in circulation!)
QUEENSRYCHE - HEAR IN THE NOW FRONTIER TOUR CD (Promo only best of with unreleased)
SAVATAGE - LIVE DEVASTATION (Metal Blade wallet sleeve promo for live album never officially released)
SAVATAGE - FROM THE DUNGEONS TO THE STREETS (promo CD with many at the time unreleased live, etc)
SQUADRON - FATAL STRIKE
TROUBLE - PSALM 9 / THE SKULL (Euro only Metal Blade issue, essentially both albums on one CD, less Tales of Brave Ulysses)
TROUBLE - DEMOS AND RARITES VOL I
TROUBLE - DEMOS AND RARITES VOL II
TROUBLE - LIVE IN LA (Original CDR version sold through band's website)
TROUBLE - LIVE 84 (CDR version sold by band of their live demo)
TROUBLE - LIVE IN DALLAS (Live CDR sold by band on their site, later bootlegged as DALLAS TEXAS ALIVE)
TROUBLE - RAIN (Promo single from DEF JAM)
TROULBE - THREE SELECTIONS FROM MANIC FRUSTRATION (Wallet promo from DEF JAM)
TROUBLE - MEMORYS GARDEN (DEF JAM Promo single)
TWISTED TOWER DIRE - ISLE OF HYDRA (Original on Miskatonik)

 

[nomisofsiman]

CD:

ICED EARTH - DARK GENESIS box (I guess only 10 years old, but seems to fetch a bit of coin these days)
MOTORHEAD - STONE DEAF FORVER box (Not very old but out of print and fetches mega-coin)

Forgot about these. I have these as well. I'm actually shocked that Motorhead set hasn't been reissued. It doesn't seem like the sort of thing that would go out of print. The Iced Earth one I'm not surprised though as there have been box sets since.

 

[Jasonic]

Well, the Motorhead was on SANCTUARY.
I am pretty sure they have been bought out once or twice.
I can never keep up with what label has the rights to the Motorhead back catalog as it changes daily.

What I REALLY regret is not purchasing the VENOM boxset released by SANCTUARY around the same time.
TOWER Records had that when they were going out of business.
Just one of those things where I was like, "Eh, it will be here for a while" then of course it wasn't.

I know ICED EARTH has reissued everything a zillion times.
Though, I think that the DARK GENESIS box is the only place to get ENTER THE REALM, right?
Or was that reissued too?

 

[Diabolik]

the Omen disc was also just re-issued and now available everywhere.

 

[Jasonic]

the Omen disc was also just re-issued and now available everywhere.

LOL,
Are you serious? They reissued REOPENING THE GATES? Why????????????

I would have re-issued ESCAPE long before this piece of crap.

 

[nomisofsiman]

I know ICED EARTH has reissued everything a zillion times.
Though, I think that the DARK GENESIS box is the only place to get ENTER THE REALM, right?
Or was that reissued too?

Nope. For some bizzarre reason when they remastered/reissued their discs the last time they paired ENTER THE REALM with the covers album. [ame="http://www.amazon.com/Enter-Realm-Gods-Iced-Earth/dp/B00129XQ4U/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1344271856&sr=8-1&keywords=iced+earth+enter+the+realm"]http://www.amazon.com/Enter-Realm-Gods-Iced-Earth/dp/B00129XQ4U/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1344271856&sr=8-1&keywords=iced+earth+enter+the+realm[/ame]

 

[DMR]

CDs
Agalloch - The White EP
Agressor - Towards Beyond
Canorous Quintet, A - As Tears
Crows - The Dying Race
Crypt of Kerberos - World of Myths
Ferngully - Tunnel Visions
Grotesque - In the Embrace of Evil (original digipak)
Helloween - Dr. Stein (Japanese single)
Holy Terror - Mind Wars
Miscreant - Dreaming Ice
Moon Lay Hidden Beneath a Cloud, The - Amara Tanta Tyri
Pettypew - Against the Stream of Influence
Pillow Killz - Pillow Killz
Therion - Beyond Sanctorum (original)
Toxik - World Circus (original)

LP
Salem's Law - Tale of Goblins' Breed

 

[Rycher]

Iced Earth- The Melancholy EP (#52 of 1000), signed by the 1998/99 lineup.
Radakka-Masquerade demo
Conception- Flow (out of print)

$6,000 of original Star Wars toys

 

[Jasonic]

LP
Salem's Law - Tale of Goblins' Breed

Nice, you never told me about this!!!
How much did that set you back?

 

[Jasonic]

Iced Earth- The Melancholy EP (#52 of 1000), signed by the 1998/99 lineup.

Nice,
I had the promo version of this that is actually pretty limited.
(IE - it's part of the original 1000, but instead of a number it had a line)

Thanks to eBay, it became to expensive to just sit on my shelf.

I LOVE LOVE LOVE their version of SHOOTING STAR.

 

[Jasonic]

Radakka-Masquerade demo

HAHAHAHA,
You and every metal chick in my high school.
I always wrote them off as a hair band, and that's because of the fans they had back in the day.

I saw them in the 90s at some big poser metal New YEars Eve show at the Gateway when I was in HS. Good times.

Lots of bad music (IE - Wee B Toyz, Sphinx, etc, etc)

 

[Vegetaman]

Eh, I don't have a lot of rarities... This is probably the most, though:

Black Sabbath - Headless Cross [Vinyl; Unopened]
Hour of 13 - S/T [original SKR run]
Black Sabbath - Cross Purposes Live [CD/VHS combo pack in the box]

Again, nothing too spectacular, but eh.

 

[Jasonic]

If you ever want to sell or trade that Cross Purposes live box please let me know. I really want that.

 

[SteelFireRecs]

CDS:
Diamond Plate - Mountains of Madness Demo and Relativity EP (THeir only 2 good pieces of work and they are already selling for crazy amounts)
Gamma Ray - Ultiate Collection Box Set
Metallica - Kill 'Em All (Orginal Megaforce CD Press, ive seen it fetch between $250 and $500 on ebay when it shows up twice a year. Picked it up for only $10 at an FYE)

I probably have a ton more but i dont feel like thinking about 2500+ cds right now

LPs:
Vektor - Black Future DLP (Green vinyl with slipmat, #030/200. The black vinyl version limited to 300 has appeared twice on ebay and sold for $150, who knows what this will go for)

I also have a few King Diamond and Mercyful Fate bootlegs that will fetch a pretty penny. A few Led Zeppelin boots.

I have a bunch of vinyl that could fetch some pretty fair prices

 

[Justin G]

Iced Earth- The Melancholy EP (#52 of 1000), signed by the 1998/99 lineup.
Radakka-Masquerade demo
Conception- Flow (out of print)

$6,000 of original Star Wars toys

I just sold a bunch of old Star Wars figures on ebay to help finance my ProgPower trip. They don't go for as much as you'd think.

 

[Justin G]

I'm pretty sure the rarest disc I own is Ded Engine: Hold a Grudge. I've got a fair amount of other out of print stuff, but that's probably the real standout. Naturally I paid $2 for it.

 

[AngraRULES]

I think for me would be (and I know some of these may not be considered collectibles necessarily, but oh well):

Viper - Theater of Fate (vinyl, original pressing)
Angra - Reaching Horizons Demo Tape (not the fake pressed CD version)
Rhapsody - Eternal Glory (Demo Tape)

 

[Jasonic]

CDS:
Diamond Plate - Mountains of Madness Demo and Relativity EP (THeir only 2 good pieces of work and they are already selling for crazy amounts)

I sold that Relativity EP on ebay a while back.
I think I got 40 for it.