Most expensive noise/PE records?

[burdizzo]

The other day I bought Genocide Organ's 'Archive 1' for 65 euros (including postage) off Discogs. I think that's the most I ever spent on one record - I had the other two and I reckoned I wouldn't get an unplayed copy much cheaper.
Actually, I just checked my Discogs history, and I see I bought the Genocide Organ 'Remember' 2LP for 88 euros six or seven years ago. Considering it's been reissued, that was probably a bit foolish, but I didn't know that would happen then!
I'd baulk at paying more than 100 for an order w/ several items. That's generally the limit I have to keep myself in check, so certainly I wouldn't pay for that for a single item.

[P A N I C]

Most expensive noise items I have bought were also actually expensive items, like the Merzbox (200eu, which was actually pretty cheap) and both Box Is Stupid and Alchemy Box Is Stupid (both around 100eu). Outside of that, I haven't shelled out more than maybe 40eu for single releases. Outside of noise, I once paid 80eu for a Shiina Ringo DVD, but that's it.

[Goat93]

Think most expensive ones where some Burzum LP's. Shortly after i bought them i got them really cheap again. So Learning esson, you get most Stuff cheaper if you wait long enough.

Got NON, Coup de Grace, Club Moral and other Tapes sometimes and 1-2 Years later the Prices on Discogs explode for these ones.

[ConcreteMascara]

Most expensive releases I've bought:

Operation Cleansweep - Powerhungry LP - 59 euros - I remember when I bought this the exchange rate was really bad so it was even pricier than normal, but so worth it
Prurient / Nicole 12 - Love & Romance LP test press- $40 - got this from Dom at Hospital after some haggling. one of my most treasured items.
v/a - Field Tales 3xcassette - $35 or about there

most of the other pricey items in my collection I traded for, haggled down the price or waited until someone sold them for a reasonable amount.

One thing I have I'd love to know the worth of is the Masonna mic shaker-replica tin thing I have. It's from the 2008 Noise Mayday show at Namba Bears where only he played. The tin I have is still sealed in the original packaging, but I heard that if you open it it's got m&ms inside or something like that.

[FreakAnimalFinland]

Indeed... I recall paying 200usd for couple Hijokaidan LP's I thought I never see.. about 2004. Then going to Japan in 2005 and see them in shop shelves for c. 50usd... pfff.. 
But still, when I think of price of music, it is still CHEAP compared to a lot of things. For 200usd, I can fill up the tank of my car twice. And pretty much drive nowhere. As alternative, there is LP what I can treasure for rest of my life...

[impulse manslaughter]

Paid 300 euros for the first Minor Threat 7" + around 150/200 for a bunch of other hardcore punk 7"s like Negative Approach, Plugz, Helmettes, CIA..  

[ConcreteMascara]

But still, when I think of price of music, it is still CHEAP compared to a lot of things. For 200usd, I can fill up the tank of my car twice. And pretty much drive nowhere. As alternative, there is LP what I can treasure for rest of my life...

Putting record purchases into perspective it's amazing. When I used to drink I'd spend $100-200 in a night on booze alone, and not remember much of it. Buy an amazing album for $15 and again, you'll enjoy it forever. What kills me more than anything now is cigarettes are like $8 a pack on average where I live. Every pack I buy I could have bought some good tape instead :(

almost makes me want to quit :P

[bitewerksMTB]

Someone once told me they spent $400-500 on a test press LP & my reply was "You could've bought a fucking gun!".

I don't think I've spent more than $90-100 on a LP & maybe $60 at the most for a 7". The last collector's item I bought was the OP Recht "Murderers Report" LP a few years ago for around $45 w/shipping from the UK. I paid cash plus 3-4 LPs for "Neuengamme" in near mint cond (the LPs were Twisted Village releases so they weren't worth all that much).

What's the least you've paid for a collector's item? I remember buying a copy of "Statement" from Trevor Brown for like $30 with shipping from Japan. I already had it but the price was so good, I couldn't pass it up.

[Zeno Marx]

$4 for Merzbow - AntiMonument PDLP (traded a $10 noise LP I'd found used for $4).  From a $3 classified ad in MRR.  Had good luck with MRR classifieds.

[Goat93]

What's the least you've paid for a collector's item?

It was 10€ for a Mercyful Fate Testpress with Info Sheet. I used it as a Gift later. Normaly went on US Ebay for Insane Prices.

Bought a Lot cheap Stuff in Metal Sector for nearly nothing and tradet it later.

[impulse manslaughter]

Cheapest: Come -Rampton 12" for 5 euros in some shitty records store.

[re:evolution]

The most I have personally spent was 60 euro on a absolute mint copy of Genocide Organ's :Remember: original 2xLP about 3 years ago now, which i thought was an absolute bargain.  That was the result of jumping on it as soon as it was listed on Discogs. 

I occasionally spent around 40 euros on records, but that seems to be about my limit - particularly as the Australian $ is always lower than the euro.

However the most expensive record I have ever sold was that limited Der Blutharsch / Novy S'vet 7".  To my mind it was an OK release but not worth hanging onto as a 'collectable'. Just a basic thick 7" with basic cover. Anyway I sold it on eBay a few years ago and a bidding war followed, with it being sold for 210 euro.  That is absolutely stupid money for a basic 7" - but whatever people want to pay I guess.

[blackoperations]

prices i paid for the ones i mentioned were :

'the hanatarashi' lp $100 (privately the same week in 2002 that one sold on ebay for around GBP 350, but that was a one-off)
'senzuri champion' lp $130

bargains :
'hanatarashi 2' $50
'showa' lp $20!

also got hijokaidan 'king of noise' and 'tapes' lps for $25-30.

the most ever paid for any record was $150 for orig new s/s copy of vile 'solution' lp (hardcore album).

it'll be a while before i can afford anything like that for records again.

[P A N I C]

I don't think there's any individual collectible items that I've bought for ridiculously cheap money, but the best deal I've had was buying a big box of noise (25-30 items) for 50 euros that contained, among a few other things, Merzbow - Hannover Interruption, Merzbow/Emil Beaulieau live LP, CCCC - Amplified Crystal LP, Sutcliffe Jugend - We Spit on Their Graves CD + shitload of (common) stuff I didn't have yet then by Killer Big, LHD, Controlled Bleeding, Outermost, Cracksteel, Knurl, Solmania, etc. I guess nothing in there was truly 'collector's item' in the sense of fetching 100+ individually, but the value of these things together was much more than 50 euros. Also bought As Loud as Possible from the same guy for 10 bucks which I thought was a pretty sweet deal.

[disposablehead]

By a very, very loose definition of "noise", the most I've ever paid for a record was the Chrome box on Subterranean several years ago for 150 American. It is 6 LPs and typically goes for twice that, and up until this year you could only really find "Half Machine", "3rd From the Sun" and "Alien Soundtracks" as shitty bootlegs. The originals (in any capacity) had been OOP for yeeeears. Supposedly, someone has been doing fully authorized, lush reissues this year, but I've yet to see em.

On the selling tip, I have a copy of MB's SFAG which I scored in the deep South in a completely unrelated record pile for cheap. I've been unable to verify its authenticity, as by all outward appearances it seems to be the original 1981 Sterile release... If it wasn't a boot, I'd definitely want to sell, as it commands a high enough price and I own it on several other formats.