[varsitypride3]

Whilst browing thru my ebay the other day, I caught up with an auction I
was following... I was so shocked to see the finishing price I almost
dropped my monocle in my vintage scotch.
 
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140450544979&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT
 
What in the flying Jesus? Someone explain?

 

[Reputator]

It's obviously the cheesy green felt in the box that commands a higher premium.

 

[maverickronin]

Talk about a bidding war...
 
144% of retail price, and the guy gave the actual retail price in the listing!

 

[haloxt]

Some people put too many digits in their bids.

 

[dcpoor]

http://www.head-fi.org/forum/thread/365709/vintage-vs-new-grado-rs-1

 

[jjinh]

Those are vintage RS-1s, possibly with pink drivers, hence the price isnt that crazy.

 

[maverickronin]

Ah...
 
A rational explanation.  At least as rational as anything ever gets in this business.

 

[dcpoor]

ah, here's the thread i was looking for
 
http://www.head-fi.org/forum/thread/420092/classifying-versions-of-the-rs1-your-guide-work-in-progress

 

[jjinh]

Just went back to the ebay listing. Looks like it's the one with the brown headband. Nice.

 

[Beagle]

Someone paid over a grand for a used RS-1 because it had a brown headband?

 

[Uncle Erik]

That looks like one of the original ones - people have paid crazy prices for them. I remember Mercuttio was very much into the early ones. You might want to pull some of his threads to find out more.

 

[priest]

I'm uncertain whether to laugh or get out my pencil and take notes.

 

[Uncle Erik]

I'm uncertain whether to laugh or get out my pencil and take notes.

You'd do well to cash out your 401k and roll it into vintage headphone futures.

Unobtainium, apparently, is a hot commodity.

 

[maverickronin]

 
A news report from the future...
 
Quote:

 
In today's trading R10s were up $523.50 to close at $18,457.45 and L3000s soared $797.30 to close at an all time high of $11,001.25.  The NOS tube funds have also risen sharply as demand increases in response to growing number of EMP attacks across the country...
 

 

[tk3]

Quote:

 
A news report from the future...
 

 
Nice.

I better hold onto mine then.