Sold Date: September 17, 2023
Start Date: September 10, 2023
Final Price: $350.00 (USD)
Bid Count: 48
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ORIGINAL LIMITED EDITION DELUXE CLEAR VINYL FACTORY SEALED COPY

DAVID BOWIE ~ BLACKSTAR (2015)

ONE OF ONLY 5000 COPIES ISSUED WORLDWIDE

LIMITED EDITION CLEAR VINYL PLUS 3 COLOR LITHOGRAPHS

ORIGINAL BLACK MATTE-FINISH DIE-CUT COVER WITH A “PARENTAL ADVISORY” STICKER

CLEAR PLASTIC WALLET INNER SLEEVE

16-PAGE 12” x 12” SQUARE BOOKLET INSERT WITH TONE-ON-TONE OVERLAYS, LYRICS, PHOTOS, AND DOWNLOAD CODE FOR A DIGITAL COPY OF THE FULL ALBUM

ORIGINAL INVOICE FROM DAVID BOWIE

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Incredibly rare original 1st US deluxe limited edition 180g clear vinyl pressing of David Bowie’s 26th and last studio album released on the artist’s label company ISO Records whose release date coincided with Bowie’s 69th birthday. The album cover, designed by Jonathan Barnbrook, features a large black star with five-star segments at the bottom that spell out the word "BOWIE". Only 5000 copies of this deluxe issue in the world were available on the David Bowie website and through Barnes and Noble. Any limited edition acquired by private collectors leads to it becoming very hard to acquire, highly collectible and valuable. Without any doubts this analogy can be applied to this deluxe limited edition of David Bowie’s Blackstar. This factory sealed copy was pre-ordered on November 19, 2015 from David Bowie, several months before the album’s official release on January 8, 2016. Original preserved invoice will be included together with the album. This deluxe limited edition, besides the clear vinyl, features the original 15 ¼” mailing tube with 3 unique original color 11” x 17” thick matte paper lithographs with the photos of David Bowie. The lithographs are new and still remain inside the tube (We've decided to use the stock photos of the lithographs in the listing as oppose to taking the new items out of the original mailing tube). 1st US pressing factory sealed copy with a unique cover design, black matte-finish gatefold cover with tone-on-tone overlays and a large die-cut in the form of a star, a 180g clear vinyl within a clear plastic wallet inner sleeve, and a 16-page 12" x 12" square booklet insert with tone-on-tone overlays, lyrics and photos, and a coupon with a download code for a digital copy of the full album. The front cover contains a “Parental Advisory Explicit Content” sticker in the lower right-hand corner. It’s incredibly hard to find this rare deluxe limited edition, one of only 5000 copies worldwide, especially in a still factory sealed condition. 

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The album is in Mint condition with the fully intact shrink wrap which doesn't have any splits, tears or missing pieces. The lithographs are new and still remain in the original mailing tube.

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