Alternative Investment Ideas

A board to discuss alternative investment ideas, collectibles -

Art
Books
Classic Cars
Coins
Firearms
Gems + Minerals
Motorcycles
Posters
Vinyl records

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COINS -
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Coin News.net - http://www.coinnews.net/

CoinWorld - https://www.coinworld.com/news.html

CoinWeek - https://coinweek.com/

Apmex - https://www.apmex.com/

Provident - https://www.providentmetals.com/

JMB -  https://www.jmbullion.com/

Monex - https://www.monex.com/

Pobjoy Mint - https://www.pobjoy.com/us/

GovMint - https://www.govmint.com/?&utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Bing%20-%20GovMint%20Search

Mint News blog -  http://mintnewsblog.com/

Coin Articles - http://coin-articles.com/

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ART -
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Christie's Auctions -  https://www.christies.com/

Sotheby's - http://www.sothebys.com/en.html


Contemporary Artists of Interest -
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Kevin Barrett - http://www.kevinbarrettsculptures.com/sculptures1.html

Anne Bodnar - https://annebodnar.artspan.com/large-multi-view/Archives/2766643-7-221803/Painting.html?_ga=2.13171135.983810913.1519705184-1489894019.1519705184

Fernando Chamarelli - http://chamarelli.com.br/

Brian McCormick - http://brianmccormick.artspan.com/home

Jeremy Miranda - http://jeremymiranda.com/

JO Toye - http://www.inspiredpalettestudio.com/large-multi-view/Line-Paintings-6/2300163-1-194461/PaintingWrinkle-in-Time.html

Hristi Wilbur - https://hwilbur.artspan.com/index.php


More -
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Gail Bracegirdle - http://gailbracegirdle.artspan.com/

Vincent Cacciotti - http://www.vincentcacciotti.com/carousel.php?galleryID=242628

Anthony George - http://artbyanthonygeorge.com/

Bonnie Maclean - http://www.bonniemaclean.com/

Michelle Morin - http://www.michellemorinart.com/

Larry Snyder - http://www.thecollectorsnook.com/art.htm


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Roger Dean Album Art -
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1968 - The Gun - Gun (RE)
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1969 - Earth and Fire - Earth and Fire (RE 2005)
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1970 - Atomic Rooster - Atomic Rooster
         - Clear Blue Sky - Clear Blue Sky (RE 2003)
         - Dr. Strangely Strange - Heavy Petting (RE 2004)
         - Junco Partners - Junco Partners
         - Nucleus - Elastic Rock (RE available)
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1971 - Assagai - Zimbabwe
         - Atomic Rooster - In Hearing of Atomic Rooster
         - Billy Cox's Nitro Function - Nitro Function (RE 2013)
         - Graham Collier Music - Mosaics
         - Keith Tippett - Dedicated to You But You Weren't Listening
         - Lighthouse - One Fine Morning (same cover as Best of)
         - Midnight Sun - Midnight Sun (RE 2012)(Red vinyl)
         - Midnight Sun - Walking Circles (RE 1973)
         - Mike Absalom - Mike Absalom
         - Motown Chartbusters - Vol Six
         - Nucleus - We'll Talk About it Later
         - Osibisa - Osibisa
         - Osibisa - Woyaya
         - Osibisa - Masters of Rock
         - Patto - Hold Your Fire
         - Pete Dello and Friends - Into Your Ears
         - Ramases - Space Hymns (RE 1980)
         - Rare Earth - One World (inner cover)
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1972 - Alexis Korner - Bootleg Him
         - Babe Ruth - First Base (RE available)
         - Budgie - Squawk
         - Gentle Giant - Octopus (RE 2013)
         - Gracious - This is Gracious (RE available)
         - John Dummer Band - Blue (RE 2017)
         - Lighthouse - Thoughts of Moving On
         - Osibisa - Spirits Up Above
         - Paladin - Charge
         - Rare Earth - The Rarest on Earth
         - Third Ear Band - Music from MacBeth
         - Uriah Heep - Tha Magician's Birthday
         - Uriah Heep - Demons and Wizards
         - Yes - Fragile
         - Yes - Close to the Edge
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1973 - Badger - One Live Badger
         - Budgie - Never Turn Your Back on a Friend (RE 2014)
         - Del Richardson - Pieces of a Jigsaw
         - Greenslade - Greenslade
         - Greenslade - Bedside Manners are Extra
         - Magna Carta - Lord of the Ages (RE)
         - McKendree Spring - Spring Suite
         - Snafu - Snafu
         - Yes - Tales from Topographic Oceans
         - Yes - Yessongs
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1974 - Gravy Train - Staircase to the Day (RE 2002)
         - Lighthouse - The Best of Lighthouse
         - Midnight Sun - Midnight Dream (Dean's logo) (RE 2015)
         - Yes - Relayer
         - Yes - Yesterdays
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1975 - Steve Howe - Beginnings
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1976 - Greenslade - Cactus Choir
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1977 - John Lodge - Natural Avenue
         - The Best of Virgin - (compilation, Brazil)
         - Yes - Yesshows Live (unofficial)
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1978
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1979 - Rainbow Band / Midnight Sun - (RE 2017) 
         - Steve Howe - The Steve Howe Album
         - Yes - In the Round - Live at LA Forum (unofficial) (logo)
         - Yes - The Twelve Towers of Dawn (unofficial) (logo)

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1980 - Aviator - Turbulence (logo)
         - Budgie - Best of Budgie
         - Yes - Yesshows
         - Yes - Drama
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1981 - Yes - Classic Yes
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1982 - Asia - Asia 
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1983 - Asia - Alpha
         - Asia - Don't Cry (12" single)
         - Asia - The Smile Has Left Your Eyes (12"  single)
         - Barry Devlin - Breaking Star Codes
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1984 - Nightwing - My Kingdom Come
         - Yes - Say Yes (unoffical) (logo)
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1985 - Asia - Astra
         - Asia - Go (12" single)
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1986 - Yes - Chord of Life (unofficial)
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1987
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1988 - Yes - Views (unofficial)
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1989 - ABWH - Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman, Howe
         - ABWH - Brother of Mine (12" single)
         - ABWH - Order of the Universe (12" single)
         - ABWH - Order of the Universe (CD single)
         - ABWH - In the Big Dream (laserdisc)
         - It Bites - Eat Me in St Louis (lettering)

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1990 - Asia - Then and Now
         - Yes - Yessongs (laserdisc, blue and orange cover)
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1991 - Steve Howe - Turbulence
         - Yes - Union
         - Yes - Lift Me Up (12" single)
         - Yes - Saving My Heart (12" single)
         - Yes - Yessongs (laserdisc, lighter blue cover)
         - Yes - Yesstory
         - Yes - Yesyears (CD box set)
         - Yes - Yesyears - A Retrospective (laserdisc)
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1992 - Yes - Live at Queen's Park, Vol-1+2 (laserdiscs, red, blue, grey covers)
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1993 - LSO - Symphonic Music of Yes (CD)
         - ABWH - An Evening of Yes Music Plus (RE 2014 with diff cover)
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1994 - ABWH - An Evening of Yes Music Plus (laserdisc) 
         - Asia - Aria
         - Asia - Anytime (CD)
         - Rick Wakeman - Greatest Hits (CD)
         - Steve Howe - Not Necessarily Acoustic (CD)
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1995 - London Philharmonic - Us and Them, Symphonic Pink Floyd (CD) 
         - Uriah Heep - Sea of Light (RE 2013)
         - Yes - Yessongs (laserdisc, darker blue cover)
         - Yes - (Various) Tales from Yesterday (CD)
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1996 - Budgie - The Definitive Anthology - An Ecstasy of Fumbing (CD)
         - Steve Howe - Homebrew (CD)
         - Various - Supernatural Fairy Tales (CD box set)
         - Yes - Keys to Ascension (laserdisc)
         - Yes - Keys to Ascension (CD)
         - Yes - Live in Phila 1979 (laserdisc)
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1997 - London Philharmonic - Us and Them, Pink Floyd (CD)
         - Matthew Sweet - Blue Sky on Mars (lettering)
         - Osibisa - The Ultimate Collection (CD)
         - Space Needle - The Moray Eels Eat the Space Needle
         - LSO - Symphonic Rock - American Classics (CD)
         - LSO - Symphonic Rock - The British Invasion Vol 1+2 (CD)
         - Yes - Something's Coming
         - Yes - Keys to Ascension Vol 2 (CD)
         - Yes - Keys to Ascension Vol 2 Limited Ed (diff cover) (CD)
         - Yes - Open Your Eyes (vinyl in 2012, red vinyl version 2014)
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1998 - Ad Infinitum - Ad Infinitum (CD)
         - Yes - Friends and Relatives (CD)
         - Yes - Keys to Ascension Vol 1+2 (CD)
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1999 - Rick Wakeman - Return to the Center of the Earth (blue cover)
         - Yes - The Ladder (RE 2015)

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2000 - Asia - Aura
         - TM Network - Major Turn-round (Japan)(lettering)
         - Yes - Friends and Relatives Vol 2 (CD)
         - Yes - House of Yes - Live from the House of Blues (vinyl in 2011)
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2001 - Asia - Classic Rock Legends (DVD)
         - Caravan - Classic Rock Legends (DVD) 
         - Gong - Classic Rock Legends (DVD)
         - Hatfield and The North - Classic Rock Legends (DVD)
         - Hawkwind - Classic Rock Legends (DVD)
         - Ian Gillan - Classic Rock Legends (DVD)
         - Lindesfarne - Classic Rock Legends (DVD)
         - Rick Wakeman - Classic Rock Legends (DVD)
         - Sky - Classic Rock Legends (DVD) (Cover photograph by Dean)
         - Uriah Heep - Acoustically Driven (CD, DVD)
         - Uriah Heep - Remasters, The Official Anthology (CD)
         - Uriah Heep - Sailing the Sea of Light (DVD)
         - Wishbone Ash - Classic Rock Legends (DVD)
         - Yes - Magnification (logo) (RE 2013, also in violet vinyl)
         - Yes - Keystudio (CD)
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2002 - Hawkwind - Live in Nottingham (CD)
         - Ian Gillan - Live in Nottingham (CD)
         - Rick Wakeman - Two Sides of Yes (CD)
         - Rick Wakeman - Live in Nottingham (CD)
         - Saxon - Classic Rock Legends (DVD)
         - Steve Howe - Classic Rock Legends (DVD)
         - Uriah Heep - The Magician's Birthday Party (DVD)
         - Various - Classic Rock Anthology (CD, DVD)
         - Vermilion - Flattening Mountains + Creating Empires
         - Wishbone Ash - Live in Bristol (CD)
         - Yes - In a Word (CD box set)
         - Yes - Symphonic Live (vinyl in 2015)
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2003 - Birdsongs of the Mesozoic - Iridium Controversy (CD) 
         - Steve Howe's Remedy - Elements (CD)
         - Uriah Heep - Transmissions - The Magician's Birthday Party (CD, unofficial, China)
         - Yes - The Ultimate Yes, 35th Year Collection (CD)
         - 2007 - Yes - Live in Switzerland 2003 (logo)(RE 2014)
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2004
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2005 - Alan White - White (CD)
         - Glass Hammer - The Inconsolable Secret (CD)
         - Yes - The Word is Live (CD box set)
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2006 - Electric Sheep - Sweep (CD)
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2007
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2008 - Asia - Phoenix (CD)
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2009 - Osibisa - Osee Yee (CD)
         - Osibisa - The Very Best Of (CD) 

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2010 - Asia - Live Around the World (CD)
         - Asia - Omega (CD)
         - Asia - Spirit of the Night - The Phoenix Tour (CD)
         - Glass Hammer - If (CD)
         - Various - Wondrous Stories - Intro to Progressive Rock (CD box set)
         - Various - Wondrous Stories - 34 Artists That Shaped Prog Rock (CD)
         - Yes - Keys to Ascension (diff cover)(CD) 
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2011 - Ben Craven - Great + Terrible Potions
         - Glass Hammer - Cor Cordium (CD)
         - Yes - In the Present - Live from Lyon
         - Yes - Fly from Here (Box set)
         - Yes - Wondrous Stories - The Best of Yes (CD)
         - Yes - Union Live (box set in 2014)
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2012 - Asia - XXX
         - Focus - Focus X (Blue vinyl)
         - Rick Wakeman - Journey to the Center of the Earth
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2013 - Asia - Resonance - The Omega Tour 2010 (colored vinyl) 
         - Yes - High Vibration (CD box set, Japan)
         - Yes - The Studio Albums (CD box set)
         - Yuka & Chronoship - Dino Rocket Oxygen (logo, lettering)(CD)
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2014 - Asia - Gravitas
         - Black Moth - Condemned to Hope (Green translucent vinyl)
         - Mainhorse Airline - The Geneva Tapes (unofficial)
         - Rick Wakeman - Return to the Center of the Earth (red+blue lettering)
         - Yes - Like it Is - Yes at the Bristol Hippodrome (Orange vinyl) 
         - Yes - Heaven and Earth (also in white vinyl, blue vinyl)    
         - Yes - The Greatest Hits (CD) 
         - Yes - Songs from Tsongas (CD)
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2015 - Linda Hoyle - The Fetch (vinyl in 2017)
         - Osibisa - Singles As Bs & 12 Inches (CD compilation)
         - Sir Thijs Van Leer - Live at Trading Boundaries (CD, Ltd Edition) 
         - Steve Hackett - Premonitions (CD box set)
         - Steve Howe - Anthology (CD)
         - Yes - Progeny - Highlights from Seventy-Two
         - Yes - Progeny - Seven Shows from Seventy Two (CD box set)
         - Yes - Like it Is - Yes Live at the Mesa Arts Center
         - Yuka & Chronoship - Third Planetary Chronicles (logo)(CD)
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2016 - Art Griffin's Sound Chaser - Visons From the Present (CD)
         - Budgie - The MCA Albums (CD)
         - Magna Carta - Tomorrow Never Comes
         - Rick Wakeman - Myths and Legends of King Arthur (diff cover)
         - Various - P49 - Dance of the Dawn (CD, compilation)
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2017 - Asia - Symfonia, Live in Bulgaria 2013 (also in colored vinyl)
         - Asia - 35th Year Anniversay Collection (CD)
         - Downes Braide Association - Skyscraper Souls
           - Focus - The Focus Family Album (CD)
         - John Lodge - Live in Birmingham - 10,000 Lt Years (red vinyl)
         - Spring - 2 (unofficial)
           - Steve Howe - Anthology 2 (CD)
           - White Willow - Future Hopes
           - Yes - Topographic Drama - Live Across America

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2018 - Yes - Fly From Here - Return Trip
         - Yes - Fly From Here - Return Trip (picture disc)
         - Yes - The Steve Wilson Remixes (5 LP box set)
           - Mizuki Da Fantasia - Genso No Ichiya (logo)
           - Steve Hackett - Broken Skies, Outspread Wings (CD, box set)
           - Uriah Heep - Demons and Wizards (reissue, different lettering + cover details)
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2019 - Focus - Focus II (vinyl) 
           - Various - Issue 97 : The Big Dream (CD, compilation)



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DEAN INFLUENCED ALBUM COVER ART -
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1977 - Grobschnitt - Rockpommel's Land
1991 - Yes - They (CD, unofficial)
2009 - Cinnamon Chasers - A Million Miles From Home (MP3)
2013 - Greenslade - Live in Stockholm
2016 - Art Griffin's Sound Chaser - Visons From the Present (CD)


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