1980s Memorabilia

It might seem like an odd phenomenon, but with a few exceptions, autographs from more recent decades tend to be worth a great deal less than older...

Clothing memorabilia prices in general seem to go down decade by decade. Following the peak of the 1960s, especially Beatles clothing, the decades...

As the 1970s turned into the 1980s, the record market continued to grow. That meant more records sold, and more discs earning gold and platinum...

There are many who think the 1980s marked the last hurrah of the guitar as a great rock instrument. But there are just as many rock fans for whom it...

Much as some people collect music magazines from the 1970s, others collect them from the 1980s. Many of the main choices of titles are the same as...

To all intents and purposes, merchandising of acts as we know it today began in the 1980s. It was a period of transition, as the ideas that had been...

Posters never go out of style as decoration in the rooms of students and teens. Fans too, often collect them, especially for gigs by a favourite band...

Apart from the printed word, tickets and passes are the cheapest forms of memorabilia. They’re purely a market for collectors, usually of artist...

Although he came to stardom in the 1970s with the Born To Run album breaking him into the major leagues as an artist, Springsteen’s real glory days...

Talk about guitarists and one name crops up near the top of every list – Eric Clapton. Coming to prominence first with John Mayall in the 1960s,...

One genre that’s never gone out of style is heavy metal (and its very close cousin hard rock). If anything, the 1980s was its high point, from bands...

Madonna is one of the great pop icons; a woman who’s influenced fashion, re-invented herself any number of times, been incredibly successful as a...

Michael Jackson’s fame and fortune might have sunk low but during the 1980s, he was, without question, the biggest pop star in the world. Thriller...

Whether solo or with Black Sabbath (with whom he’s enjoyed an on-again off-again relationship over the years), Ozzy Osbourne is one of the legendary...

Think of Prince (or as he was for a while, The Artist Formerly Known as Prince, represented by a symbol) as an enigma. A hugely talented musician...

One of Britain’s most loved groups; Queen brought a flamboyance to rock that it desperately needed, a sense of fun that pricked the serious balloon...

Soul and funk are among America’s gifts to music in the rock era. Both have their roots in gospel and funk became an outgrowth of soul in the late...