Kinks guitarist Dave Davies shared his disappointment on the prospect of getting to pay $12,500 to recuperate considered one of his award trophies after somebody had a Storage Wars second at his expense.
The guitarist reported he’d been shocked to see his 1990 Rock and Roll Corridor of Fame award on the market on eBay with a steep asking worth.
“This can be a uncommon and extremely collectible… award honoring David Davies of The Kinks,” the lot itemizing learn, noting that it had been bought “from a storage unit when Dave Davies was…previous 1 yr of forgetting to pay the unit house owners’ storage charges.
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“The trophy is a one-of-a-kind piece of music memorabilia that any fan of rock and pop music can be thrilled to personal. This merchandise… is a chunk of leisure memorabilia that’s positive to be a dialog starter for any music lover.”
Davies confirmed on X that the sale was being carried out with out his consent, including: “I misplaced monitor of my award years in the past and didn’t know the place it was. If the particular person purchased it at a storage unit it could have been across the time of my 2004 stroke, once I was incapacitated.
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“I’m grateful to have made a full report from my stroke but it surely’s a disgrace that I wasn’t contacted. I’m assuming that is what occurred… This public sale makes me very unhappy.”
The guitarist later reported that his folks had written to the vendor, explaining: “I don’t need to must pay 12 grand to get my very own award again. However possibly we will work one thing out extra cheap.”
That appears to be on the playing cards: the public sale was ended early by the vendor and an X consumer bearing the identical title wrote to Davies: “Observe me and shoot me a message… we are going to work it out.”
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