1980s Memorabilia...
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1980s Autographs
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 ones. In fact, there’s...
1980s Clothing
Clothing memorabilia prices in general seem to go down decade by decade. Following the peak of the 1960s, especially Beatles clothing, the decades after seem to offer...
1980s Discs
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 awards. For collectors,...
1980s Instruments
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 will never go out of...
1980s Magazines
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 for the decade before,...
1980s Merchandise
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 powerful in earlier...
1980s Posters
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 that they’ve...
1980s Tickets and Passes
Apart from the printed word, tickets and passes are the cheapest forms of memorabilia. They’re purely a market for collectors, usually of artist memorabilia, especially...
Bruce Springsteen
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 came in the 1980s, as...
Eric Clapton
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, Slowhand – as he was...
Heavy Metal Memorabilia
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 like AC/DC,...
Madonna Memorabilia
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 singer for more than...
Michael Jackson
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 broke all sales...
New Romantics Memorabilia
The New Romantic era of the early 1980s was full of androgyny and interesting music. Some people loved it, some hated it, and certainly the outrageous fashions can...
Ozzy Osbourne
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 metal singers. But...
Prince Memorabilia
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 who’s often recorded...
Queen, the Rock Band
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 of the music. Not...
Soul and Funk Memorabilia
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 1960s and early 1970s,...
