'The most expensive LP David Bowie ever under the hammer '

amsterdam - One of the 'rarest' and valuable LPs ever this week under the hammer at online auction Catawiki. It is a so-called acetate LP, with the first recording of David Bowie album Hunky Dory. The expected yield is 50,000 euros.

Bowie himself has written the tracklist of the plate. Acetate LP are very sensitive plates are often made individually or in small quantities and are intended for the producers and the musicians themselves. To our knowledge this is the only acetate plate Hunky Dory that exists.

The plate surfaced only this year. The neighbor was owner residing in England him in 1973 in exchange for a bottle of beer. Only when Bowie died in January, the Briton looked at the album again good. Experts have determined that the handwriting was actually the singer.

The auction lasts until Saturday 30th April. The auction house expects offered on sale worldwide.