Monday, 1 October 2012

Music Memorabilia: Great Hobby

The hobby of collecting music memorabilia has been an ever growing popular hobby among. Enthusiasts are keen on collecting merchandise from famous music artists. The good news is that this hobby has been getting substantial reinforcement from online auction sites like eBay who have vast collections music history for sale and auction.

Music memorabilia covers a vast number of items attached to a composer, singer, gig, music festival, band or venue. Rich in sentimental value they range from autographs, photos, concert programs; hand-written lyrics; instruments; music posters; clothings and accessories. These collectible items are put into career and personal categories.

Thanks to the online boom, there is no need to check out music shops and second hand shops to pursue your hobby as one can find virtually anything, anywhere on the net.

Items such as Elvis Presley's Piano, John Lennon's autograph or a concert ticket from the past are up for grabs. On any day, at least 1500 items will be available for sale on eBay. The trend is--older the artist, higher the value of the merchandise

The record is that music artists such as Elvis (The Beatles fame); The Rolling Stones and ABBA top in memorabilia sales. Among them, Elvis memorabilia are the most popular and fetching millions of dollars on eBay. It will be very useful, if the enthusiasts can update themselves from the online music magazines on informative features related to memorabilia. 

In fact, the online Goldmine magazine is a good source for information on memorabilia. The magazine had a popular column written by Stephen M.H. Braitman about music memorabilia. As a music appraiser (www.MusicAppraisals.com), writer, collector and fan his views are highly rated.

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