Freedom at 21 Flexi Disc

[jordinski_23]

Looks like another one found in the same area. just appears to be the record only though.

[arewhyehen]

04/18/2012
Jack White Balloon Record Breaks Record to Become Highest Priced Flexi Disc of All Time

On April 17th, an eBay auction for a copy of Third Man’s balloon-launched “Freedom at 21” flexi-disc realized a price of $4238.88. As far as can be discerned, this is the highest price ever paid for a flexi-disc record, topping out usual benchmarks from obscure Japanese hardcore singles of the early 80’s and Beatles fan-club Christmas offerings. Of the 1000 balloons launched, only a handful have been discovered so far. This release will surely continue to rival such rarities as hand-painted Dead Weather singles, 3rpm LPs and Triple-Decker records as yet another in a long-line of collectible, investible, hard-to-find vinyl from the folks at Third Man Records.

Freedom at 21 flexi-disc

...posted by Third Man

Was Swank and Blackwell bidding each other up on this auction in order to break the record? haha kidding....pretty crazy though..

[cwja]

They know they don't need to artificially bid the price up because they've got us for that. I like the term investible. Jack and the Bens are like mad scientist stockbrokers.

[arewhyehen]

They know they don't need to artificially bid the price up because they've got us for that. I like the term investible. Jack and the Bens are like mad scientist stockbrokers.

funny you say that. "Investible" is the word that stood out to me the most and I was thinking about that after I read this. I used to think of some of my records as investments, but when you think about it, they are quite horrible investments, long term. Who knows where the market will go and how long the craze will stick around.

[cwja]

Are you knocking my 401LP? It's a good point though. Way too volatile to think of any of this stuff as a long term investment. Most of the stuff that ends up being very valuable in the long run is the stuff no one was looking for when it came out.

[higherlimits]

investible is also the word that stuck out at me.. at $4200 this is a terrible investment. I'd be surprised if one hit that high again.

[arewhyehen]

investible is also the word that stuck out at me.. at $4200 this is a terrible investment. I'd be surprised if one hit that high again.

ahaha, sneaky bastards at TMR can't fool us..we know their games.. "investible" ..pfftt..

[chrono_1980]

investible is also the word that stuck out at me.. at $4200 this is a terrible investment. I'd be surprised if one hit that high again.

ahaha, sneaky bastards at TMR can't fool us..we know their games.. "investible" ..pfftt..

I concur. Wouldn't spend half that on one.

[achouza]

interesting no other flexi has shown up on ebay,, did I miss any or has it just been the two, 4.5k and 1k bin?

i would think that after the 4.5k one ending the same seller would have put up more,,, take advantage while high prices and attention is fresh

maybe he just offered a bunch of second chance options at their losing bids

[bkramer10]

interesting no other flexi has shown up on ebay,, did I miss any or has it just been the two, 4.5k and 1k bin?

i would think that after the 4.5k one ending the same seller would have put up more,,, take advantage while high prices and attention is fresh

maybe he just offered a bunch of second chance options at their losing bids

he still hasn't gotten feedback from the 4.5k one. The 1k one got feedback 4 days after the sale. If he doesn't have it by this time next week, I think its safe to assume the buyer bailed

[shaneoftheroad]

Another one.

[benjo09]

Where was this one? Didn't think any would still be found

[Kali Durga]

Cute kid.

[arewhyehen]

Cute kid.

Edit: Rich Kid

(If he sells this thing..) What happened to all these things that were suppose to be sold by the one family?

[love_islander]

Cute kid.

Edit: Rich Kid

(If he sells this thing..) What happened to all these things that were suppose to be sold by the one family?

Maybe enough people contacted the seller about buying the multiple copies?