The "things I own that people say are worth a lot, but I refuse to believe that because I bought them for dirt cheap" list:
Spoon - The 'Nefarious' EP
Released in 1994, this 7" was the first official Spoon release. I got it for $7. According to auctions I've seen on eBay, people are willing to spend $100 on this. I enjoy it, and the sleeve makes me happy, so I don't want to sell it even though I'd be making a $93 profit.
Drake Tungsten - Six Pence for the Sauces EP
Drake Tungsten (better known as Britt Daniel, lead singer of Spoon) only had two releases: this 7", and a cassette called Clocking Out is for Suckers. Released in 1996, Six Pence for the Sauces is not pre-Spoon, though it is pre-solo-Britt-Daniel-calling-himself-Britt-Daniel. I got it for $10. I've seen it go on eBay for $25 and more.
Spoon - 'Anticipation' white 7" with silk-screened sleeve
I really don't have much information about this. I am told there were only ever 24 of these made with silk-screened sleeves (making the sleeve, not the actual 7" the valuable thing). If that is true, the $6 I paid for this was a steal. Because I have yet to see another one, I don't know how much this actually goes for. Spoon fans are known to be obsessive hoarders, so I believe it would be more than $6.
UPDATE: Just got an e-mail from the record label that released this. "I put some of the 3rd pressing [the white vinyl] in leftover silkscreened sleeves, so yeah there is only like 24 or so on white in SS'd sleeves," he says. So, yeah... It's kinda rare, but I still don't know what anyone else would pay for it.
Voxtrot - Voxtrot CD-R
Rumor has it that Voxtrot has been around since 2003 (they released their first single in 2004, their first official EP in 2005, and their first full-length in 2006). Back in the long-forgotten year of 2003, they would play shows and burn their music on CD-Rs that were sold in local record stores. Apparently, one of these CD-Rs had the title Just Can't Wait Any Longer, and if you have $50+ to spare to can get it on eBay every now and then. This CD-R that I have (which cost me a whopping $5 at a local record store last year) has one less track than Just Can't Wait Any Longer, and has the song "Long Haul" titled as "Untitled (Demo)", which leads me (and other fans who are cooler than me) to believe it pre-dates Just Can't Wait Any Longer. I may never know the real story behind this, or what any other fan would be willing to pay for it, but I wouldn't have paid more than $10 for it.
Voxtrot - 'Raised By Wolves' 7"
This gets no love [except on eBay where people spend $60 on it]-- Voxtrot's official website doesn't admit the existence of it. (It's okay, because I don't admit the actual existence of Voxtot: they are just a figment of my imagination, just like the town of Cedar Park and the continent of Australia. In fact, Voxtot is made-up band from the made-up town of Cedar Park, which is located on the made-up continent of Australia.) Getting back to the 7": It cost me $3. I don't even known when it was released. I just know that Magic Marker Records released it, and when you buy something from them they include a really nice hand-written thank-you note on an actual page of an old children's book. That makes me happy.
The "things I own that people used to be willing to pay a lot for, but no longer are because of re-releases" list:
Spoon - Telephono (CD)
Spoon's first full-length album from 1996. I paid $8 for this CD. From 2001-ish until mid-2006, people were willing to spend $100-$200 for this CD. I thought about selling it, realized it meant too much to me (really, in 2004, I believed this album to be a reflection of my existence), and didn't. On July 25, 2006, Spoon re-released Telephono and the Soft Effects EP as a "remastered" (which just means "we turned the volume up louder") boxset, and now you can go to used record stores and get the first edition of Telephono on CD for $8 again.
Spoon - Soft Effects EP (CD)
This was released in 1997. It went out-of-print sometime, and people were paying upwards of $75 for it on eBay. I got it as a Christmas gift in high school from my parents, along with the first Kissinger CD (which means that it was 2000 or 2001), because they knew I liked "cool local bands." (I'd like to think that they called Andy Langer and asked him what they should buy for me.) I know good and well my parents didn't spend more than $7 on a CD with only five tracks.
The "things I own that other people wouldn't pay much for but I cherish dearly" list:
Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga (LP), signed
This makes me happy every time I look at it. I've heard a few people (online) say that Britt Daniel is a douchbag "IRL," but all of the [3? 4?] times I've talked with him in person, he has been a really cool, nice guy. The last time I talked with him in person, he (and the rest of the band) signed my Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga LP. I like how he signed it: "Heather, you rule." It's because I was dancing, and he likes it when people dance to his music.
Uh, I guess that's more of a single item than a list...
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