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August 06, 2007 - While not all rock and roll collectables are one-of-a-kind, many are rare and hard to find. Woodstick (www.woodstick2007.com) has a rock and roll memorabilia selection delivers on both counts. Their Drum Shop is worth taking a look at. You should visit often, however. Items constantly change. Columbia Pictures recently purchased two items: a drumstick collection featuring many recording artists from the 90s and a similarly autographed drum head. Proceeds from sales like these help with overhead costs of running the Guinness record breaking fundraising event whose goal is to provide funds for hearing regeneration research at the University of Washington.
From a Ringo Starr autographed drum head to a Beatles era Liverpool Taxi Cartop Sign, the items at the Drum Shot are interesting to consider. Care is taken to offer memorabilia that covers more than one generation, so you might find a drum head autographed by Smashing Pumpkins (Billy Corgan, James Iha, and D'arcy Wretsky) as well as a drum head autographed by Cream (Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker, and Jack Bruce).
As years pass and early rockers and pop stars become fewer, the rarity of items and the celebrity's inability to produce more affects value as collectables. For example a drum head featuring the autographs the Righteous Brothers (Bobby Hatfield and Bill Medley) should continue growing in value. Bobby Hatfield passed away in 2003, the same year the duo was elected to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. When Bill Medly passes away the value will leap considerably.
Prices vary by notoriety as well as achievement. For example, a Phil Spector signed drum head should rise in value no matter what the verdict is with his murder trial. Sensationalism sells.
The fun thing about music and rock and roll collectables is that you can enjoy the memorabilia while you have them and possibly enjoy the fruits of your collecting when you sell them at a later date. Of course the main reason to collect is the pure joy of seeing, touching, and thinking about objects that take you to another time and place . . . even if the time was just yesterday . . . and the place was perhaps the hometown of your musical heroes.
