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S T O R I E S:
Please keep your collecting/bargain stories coming in !
Here is the part of the site where you can submit your stories and experiences when ABBA collecting.
Tell us about your bargains, your best buys, your favourite items, your worst buys, places to look or anything you think
would fit here.
email: thehunter@abbafeatures.com with your stories.
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Story from: supertroupers
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Location: ?
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I was walking down an old Lahore street a few years ago, where on Sundays, there used to be huge piles of old books & mags selling at very affordable rates.
Suddenly, on spotting a book with ABBA on the cover, I picked it up and asked its price. I thought I heard the guy tell Rupees ‘Saath’ = 60 (only 94 cents today)! Now usually there are no fixed prices in these places and what’s more, the sellers themselves haven’t the slightest idea about most items’ worth and so they usually charge according to their previous sales of the day and also judging their customers’ appearances! And since this was before the internet and long before all these recent ABBA books had come out, this was going to be my first detailed ABBA bio in any form (though I had bought a number of 70s & 80s mags with brief ABBA news & articles from the same street at cheap rates too)! Anyway, so I immediately took out my wallet and excitedly asked the seller, “Just Rupees Saath?” I was shocked to hear him reply, “No, I said Rupees Aath!” I couldn’t believe my ears! ‘Aath’ means 8 (only 13 cents today, must’ve been much less back then!) That had to be one of my luckiest days! The book was “ABBA: The Lovers Whose Music Conquered The World (1978 Edition)”!! How rare is that?? 😀 |
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That sure is a bargain as the 1978 version is rare and sells often for £15+ on eBay ! I got a book bargain at a house sale last week. 1979 Annual not price-cut and no writing or damage – 50p, what a bargain ! : )
– The Hunter – |
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Story from: Andrew Casey
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Location: England
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About ten years ago I went to my local antiques centre and saw in a corner four black and white framed pictures of the individual members of ABBA . The pictures looked like prints and so I bought them for fun priced £35 for the four. When I got them home I undid the tape to find that they were original and were part of the ABBA the Movie poster shoot from 1977-78.
Later on I loaned them for the Complete Recording Sessions (page 75) and then Polygram used them for the boxed set. In return they sent me a free boxed set -I think number 45! A good find Andrew Casey |
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What a fascinating story, it just shows every sale has a tale. Thanks for sharing Andrew !
– The Hunter – |
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Story from: Mark
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Location: England
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One of my best bargains came last year. I was early for work due to the unreliable bus service, so to kill time I had a look round some of the shops in town,
I ended up in all the charity shops, skimmed through the LPs and singles, no ABBA though, but in the books, something caught my eye. It was a thin black spine which read “ABBA” in white letters. I had a look and it was the St. Michael (M&S) version of the John Tobler book which started as “For The Record” and later developed into “Gold – The Complete Story”. I knew trhis was rare, I had seen it on eBay go for £15 and then some, the price was 75p but as I was feeling charitable, I gave £2 – still a great bargain though ! |
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Thanks for sharing that Mark, that book is indeed rare. May I also congratulate you on being the first to submit a story here.
Just proves there are lots of bargains out there! – The Hunter – |
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Story from: Michael
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Location: Australia
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“Ah-ha” Rather recently I bought the picture sleeved single (Brisbane/Australia) of Mexican 7″ release of KNOWING ME, KNOWING YOU. It caught my eye because of the way the B-side was titled as HAPPY HAWAII (WHY DID IT HAVE TO BE ME), giving you the impression it was long subtitled song. Obviously some sort of confusion about two tracks embarrassingly (at the time) presented itself.
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Thanks for your story Michael. Keep looking for those bargains.
– The Hunter – |
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Story from: Barb
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Location: Arizona, USA
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I have been a fan since 1974, as a young american living in Scotland. I have probably 30 or 40 cd’s alone (many bootlegs), posters, checkbook covers, t-shirts, a denim vest from sweden with a group picture on the back, scrabooks and articles galore, sheet music, books, videos etc. However i have 2 favorites: in 1998 i worked as a supervisor for Barnes & Noble bookstores here in Phoenix. We were able to order any books available in print at a huge discount. I was able to casually order the book ABBA:The complete recording sessions even though it was out of print, as one of our suppliers had an extra copy in the warehouse. I bought it for a mere $6, now worth alot more on Ebay i’ve noticed! I also finally got my ABBA tattoo, it’s the multi-colored ABBA logo on my lower back, with my nickname “Dancing Queen” in script below. its a little blurry and not as colorful as it was when i first got it as it faded quickly, but i was able to show it to Frida in February 2002 at the premier of Mamma Mia in Vegas, i attended the private party premier and met her there. She signed a Mamma Mia program and commented on my tattoo!!! ah, memories!
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Thank you for your story Barb, a tatoo, ouch!, hope it didn’t hurt too much !
– The Hunter – |
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Story from: Julian
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Location: Lancashire, England
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As an Abba fan since 1976, I have many things that have been kept from my
childhood. I have acquired many other items thanks to ‘ebay’. The set of Matchbox dolls are my favourite item and the badges from the I also have every Abba centrefold issue of U.K. childrens TV Times mag |
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It always interests me to hear stories from “back in the day”, clearly alot of people have similar memories, Look-In magazines on eBay always sell extremley well !
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