I bought these super rare/weird Nickelodeon Studios CDs -- Any idea?

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I bought each of these CDs at a second hand store. From what I understand these full of (mostly unused) bumper music for 90's Nickelodeon. This would be the music you would hear during commercials and during contests/promotions. I googled the heck out of these things and can't find any info at all. The CDs are called "The Flotsam Collection" and the "Nick, Nick, Nick Collection". I took a couple photos (see below).

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v120/the_brain/flotsam_zps49646e83.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v120/the_brain/nick1_zps003d265a.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v120/the_brain/nick2_zpsd9212c19.jpg

For kicks I posted them both on eBay for $150 each with make an offer. I have no idea how much these things are worth. It says "For Nickelodeon staff only", so I'm guessing only a couple of these were printed.

If anyone has any idea or information about these CDs please let me know. I find this kind of stuff so fascinating!

 
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Taren Fox said:
I bought each of these CDs at a second hand store. From what I understand these full of (mostly unused) bumper music for 90's Nickelodeon. This would be the music you would hear during commercials and during contests/promotions. I googled the heck out of these things and can't find any info at all. The CDs are called "The Flotsam Collection" and the "Nick, Nick, Nick Collection". I took a couple photos (see below).

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v120/the_brain/flotsam_zps49646e83.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v120/the_brain/nick1_zps003d265a.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v120/the_brain/nick2_zpsd9212c19.jpg

For kicks I posted them both on eBay for $150 each with make an offer. I have no idea how much these things are worth. It says "For Nickelodeon staff only", so I'm guessing only a couple of these were printed.

If anyone has any idea or information about these CDs please let me know. I find this kind of stuff so fascinating!
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I saw someone say that you could put it up on eBay with a really high reserve price and see where the bidding goes. By putting it up for $150 BIN, you might be losing out if it is worth a lot.

 
You need to take it down to Pawn Stars. Rick will have an expert there the same day. Unfortunately the best he can do is $5. The market for Nickelodeon bumper music is very small and those CDs are going to be taking up shelf space.

Also, while I don't know how ethical this would be and I think it is technically illegal, I'm sure tons of people across the internet would love you if you ripped those CDs and uploaded the contents at least as MP3s if not FLAC. But then you kind of risk cannibalizing your buyers market for the actual CDs.

I would say hold off on selling them until you know more about their value.

 
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kodave said:
Also, while I don't know how ethical this would be and I think it is technically illegal, I'm sure tons of people across the internet would love you if you ripped those CDs and uploaded the contents at least as MP3s if not FLAC. But then you kind of risk cannibalizing your buyers market for the actual CDs.
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This. Except I doubt it'd affect the market. I feel a collector would want something like this regardless of it's digital availability.

If I got something like this I'd want to spread the knowledge and keep it from becoming essentially "lost."

 
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