From Tinie Tempah's license plate to John Lennon's suit
Will Butler

15:58 3rd September 2015

This week in 1995, the online auction and shopping site, eBay was founded. For many, it's the home of great deals and for others, it's somewhere to dump pictures of all your odds and ends in hope that some sucker will want to pay money for them. The more daring of eBay users will charge literally thousands of pounds for things that they have lying about the house, but wait until we tell you what they are.

A special edition pressing of Jimi Hendrix's debut album, a Michael Jackson Ipod nano, a microphone Jim Morrison used on stage. This is kind of stuff that's available right now on eBay just waiting for you to dig deep and drop your life savings on a suit John Lennon wore once.

Here are 14 of the most ridiculously priced pieces of music memorabilia on eBay.

  • This week in 1995, the online auction and shopping site, eBay was founded. For many, it's the home of great deals and for others, it's somewhere to dump pictures of all your odds and ends in hope that some sucker will want to pay money for them. The aforementioned suckers will sometimes pay literally thousands of pounds for this music memorabilia, click ahead for 12 ridiculously priced pieces of it.

  • John Lennon's 1963 John Lennon Mohair suit: If you've got a job interview coming up or a wedding, you've got to dress sharp. What better way to show that you're a baller than to spend a house deposit amount of money on a beige suit the Beatles frontman used to wear. (Buy it now: £100,000)

  • RIAA Record Award for Death Row records: This piece of Hip-Hop history got sit in your front-room. Awarded to Death Row for their platinum record achievements with Snoop Dogg's Doggystyle and Dr.Dre's The Chronic among others. (Buy it now: £16,347)

  • The rarest Nirvana record in the world: We're not sure how legitimately that claim is but we're assured by eBay user 'memory-mills' that we will not find another 'Lake of Fire' picture disc like this anywhere else. - a must have for any Cobain or Nirvana collectors. (Buy it now: £10,000)

  • Pa55 Out license plate: Tinie Tempah may or may not have owned this registration plate, we're leaning more towards 'may not'. That hasn't devalued this modern pop rarity. Drive around busy residential areas and people might think you are, in fact, Tinie Tempah. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity for a quite reasonable price. (Buy it now: £8,800)

  • Kate Bush Before the Dawn sculpture: An amazing sculpture created in 2014 to celebrate Bush's return to the stage after 35 years. The sculpture is one of only 50 made by Robert Allsopp and Associates who also made all the masks and Kate's famous life- jacket for the "Before The Dawn" shows. (Buy it now: £5,000)

  • Original Beethoven manuscript: Criminally, this piece of history is cheaper than the Tinie Tempah reg plate. Dated to have come from 1830, this is a first edition manuscript featuring the full score of Beethoven's sixth symphony 'Pastorale'. (Buy it now: £3,600)

  • Michael Jackson Limited Edition IPod Nano: Number 66 of the 100 ever made, this special edition mp3 player was given away in 2008 as a competition prize for a contest that never went ahead. You can be the coolest kid on the playground with 100 pre-loaded MJ tunes on this 8GB artefact (Buy it now: £3,000).

  • Elvis Presley Hand Annotated Hilton Guest Directory: Given to all guests at Hilton in Hawaii, The King completely disregarded the clear instructions asking guests NOT to remove the directory from the rooms to scribble down some thoughts. Apparently Presley was quite the philosopher as well as a thief, writing: "Someone to Love. Something to Look Forward to and Something to do." (Buy it now: £2,500)

  • Jim Morrison's microphone: Acquired from longtime Doors road manager Vince Treanor III, who built the group’s legendary stage amplification system, this microphone is in impeccable condiiton and was used by Morrison for both live performances and rehearsals. (Buy it now: £2,288)

  • Bob Dylan original signed painting: Painted by the singer-songwriter in 2008, this version of 'Rose On A Hillside' is number 52 of 295 worldwide. Not only is it a Dylan original, it's also a really beautiful piece of art. (Buy it now: £1,750)

  • Gene Simmons signed axe-bass: Not so much of an idol now, Gene Simmons was once considered something of a rock-god back in the day. For those that can excuse the outspoken insensitivity of the Kiss bassist or know someone who has superhuman tolerance, this signed bass guitar could be the perfect gift. (Buy it now: £5,000)

  • Jimi Hendrix's Are You Experienced original UK pressing: To a lot of vinyl-heads out there, this is the El Dorado of wax prints. A tri-colour first pressing of Hendrix's seminal debut album printed in the UK instead of US, this is as rare as records come. (Buy it now: £9,999.99)

  • The Rolling Stones autograph book: Probably owned by a fervent fan back in 63/64, this autograph book has the signatures of all the Stones members as well as many others including Dick Emery, Eden Kane and a fake Elvis Presley autograph. (Buy it now: £999.99)

  • Madonna scrapbook dated between 84-94: One die-hard Madonna fan has created 10 of these scrapbooks dedicated to the Queen of Pop full of newspaper clippings, original photos of her first concerts and other rare collectables. Crafted by love, probably bought with intent to resell. (Buy it now: £800)


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