London's New Musical Express reports a copy of White Stripes' second single "Lafayette Blues" sold for $18,000 at auction. The hand-painted record, which had been sold at the Gold Dollar for $6, was released in 1998 by Dave Buick's Woodbridge-based Italy Records.
While White Stripes records have been gaining in value over the years, NME reports an even rarer piece of Jack White memorabilia is still out there.
Excerpt:
Before
White Stripes, White was an upholstering apprentice and he formed a band with co-worker Brian Muldoon called The Upholsterers.
The duo went on to record an EP, 100 of which they hid inside furniture
they were working on. As yet no one has reported to have found one.
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