Uber-rare Velvet Underground recording on eBay Listening Post

An outfit called Saturn Records is overseeing the eBay auction of what they call "ARGUABLY THE RAREST & MOST IMPORTANT ROCK 'N' ROLL AND POP-ART ARTIFACT IN THE WORLD". It ain't John Lennon's secret baile funk record, nor Jimi Hendrix's lost duets with Grandmaster Flash - no, it's a 12" acetate record from the recording of the first Velvet Underground (and Nico) album in 1966.

Holy Cow! This is the kind of stuff Ebay is made for. Totally ultra rare stuff, that no one with a normal income would ever be able to afford. I dream of someday being able to bid on something like this, maybe that ultra rare and lost Smashing Pumpkins record, can we say MACHINA II/The Friends & Enemies of Modern Music , or something that is even more rare? When I last checked the auction was at 110,100.00 with 134 bids and 4 days and 8 hours left. It always amazes me what lengths music fans are willing to go, to get that one rare item for their collection. Music can be a very empowering element, as well as hell of expensive. Maybe the new owner will release the recording onto the internet. I have never really listened to the "all important" Velvet Underground, so maybe I'll have to take a listen.