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Re: Is there anything KISS wont do to make money?
« Reply #15 on: February 17, 2013, 02:50:56 AM »

These are original wrappers from 1980, with a cutout of the original box. As far as collector's go, these are worth US$150 each. Note the date on these is 1980  *%*. I have a few of these laminated as well. My collection is worth well over $50,000. Last count, i had 76 Tour T-shirts and the rarest T-Shirt from the first tour - before they had "official" marketing!

What else do you have in your Kiss collection, do you have pics? I like seeing over people's Music collections and Kiss is the ultimate for collecting. Are you going to get the Kiss coffin? Haha

I'm a Gunners collector myself - obviously  %.%

I don't have the "KISS Shrine" that many fans have. I keep my collection to myself. I have three KISS pinballs, but I'm keeping only one in my collection. The other two are sold to astute collectors that have waited years for me to get around to restoring them. I have a T-Shirt from the first KISS tour, that was not released until 1975 - this would be my most prized item. Since I've met the band on a number of occasions, I've had some really rare stuff autographed. I have all four solo albums signed by original members, Double Platinum and Rock and Roll Over album signed by all members. Gene and Paul signed my rare "Hard to Believe" tribute album which Nirvana and The Hard Ons contributed tracks to. I have all sets of the "KISS Cards" and the original Marvel Comics KISS edition (biggest selling Marvel comic to that point in time). I have 100's of bootlegs and just about all tribute albums that have been released. I have a mint Destroyer Tour wall poster which was an iconic 70's poster - "Spirit of 76" - which ties in with my favorite Pinball of all time "Spirit of 76" ! Original KISS Dolls from 1980 - still in box - which I've been offered a small fortune for.

I'm not going to buried in the KISS Koffin, nor have I used a KISS Kondom  #@#

But I'm proud to be a KISS fan, and even though they are more a tribute band without the original members, I still like hearing that artists from Megadeth to Garth Brookes to Nirvana to Guns'N'Roses are heavily influenced by KISS. Not bad for a bunch of "shameless clowns" that shaped a genre.

Here's Slash and co playing a classic at the VH-1 honors show a few years back. So the story goes, these guys knew the song so well that this was their third take..



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