About Memorabilia

There have been plenty of music books published over the years, many of them frivolous and gossipy, but also more than a few that are serious and...

Going, going, gone is the familiar cry of the auctioneer, and we’re used to hearing it for works of art or antiques, and news of them commanding...

The British blues boom was the fuel for the 1960s rock explosion in the UK. Some many of the musicians who’d make an impact in the era came out of...

For anyone wanting to begin collecting rock memorabilia, eBay is a good place to start – as long as you realise that you’re very unlikely to find a...

As with any area of antiques, knowing that an item of rock memorabilia is authentic is vital, whether you’re buying or selling. Obviously, with many...

So you want to buy some rock memorabilia? Maybe it’s as an investment hoping you can sell it in the future at a profit. Or maybe it’s just to collect...

So you have something to sell. It might be quite ordinary – an old magazine maybe – or something rarer – that original Beatles butcher cover LP...

Let's face it, there's a lot of fake music memorabilia out there. If there's money to be made, someone will create a counterfeit to make a profit....

The value of memorabilia rises due to both scarcity and the passage of time. Those, at least, are two of the main factors, the other, and possibly...

Often, in the history of pop and rock, a band has emerged from a city or region, only to be followed by others from the same area. Think, for...

When you buy something, especially if you’re spending in the hundreds or thousands, you want to be absolutely sure the item is what it claims to be....

It might seem hard to credit, when there’s a market flooded with all manner of rock memorabilia but there’s actually a demand for reproduction...

All sorts of things qualify as rock memorabilia, and for collectors, as well as those with items to sell, that’s a good thing. Even band t-shirts,...

There are people and organisations who’ve amassed some very large collections of rock memorabilia. Of course organisations with big pockets will...

You might well have read in newspapers and magazines about the tremendous sometimes outrageous, prices being paid for rock’n’roll memorabilia. It’s a...

Collecting music memorabilia is a very personal hobby. You’re the one who makes the decision of which bands or artists to collect, and what areas...

Music memorabilia is big business. Millions are spent on it annually and the auction houses, as well as private traders, do brisk business. A quick...

Everyone has their favourite artists and bands. For most of us it’s enough to buy CDs or download music. If it’s someone you really like you might...