Dave Davies is attempting to get an essential trophy he as soon as had after it vanished and not too long ago confirmed up on the market on-line … however might need to surrender one other prized possession to do it.
The Kinks rocker hopped on X this week to lament the truth that his 1990 Rock and Roll Corridor of Fame award — a statue together with his identify on it — surfaced on eBay … with the vendor of this uncommon collector’s merchandise claiming it fell into their lap, with them attempting to hawk it for over $12k.
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Now, Davies is giving us extra perception into what occurred right here … and extra importantly, how he plans to get the HOF trophy again. He tells TMZ the award went lacking again within the day after he suffered a stroke … and he is gobsmacked to see all of it these years later.
I’m attempting to resolve this concern of getting my RRHOF award again. Upon dialogue and outdated receipts I solely had one storage unit although for which funds by no means went into default. I personally emptied that storage unit some years again and I didn’t discover my award in there
— Dave Davies (@davedavieskinks) June 21, 2024
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The itemizing was pulled as quickly as DD took to social media to decry the state of affairs … and Dave says he lastly related with the vendor — however now, Davies is in a haggling state of affairs.
He tells us he is not accusing the present vendor of any wrongdoing … it appears the individual got here into possession of the award years in the past from what they assumed was a legit deal … however Dave says there’s no approach he’s shelling out dough for his personal property.
The Kinks frontman says he hopes to have the state of affairs resolved earlier than the weekend … and tells us he’s providing some fairly candy memorabilia to the vendor — together with even a guitar — in alternate for the award again. In his view, the vendor should not be left empty-handed.
As for strong-arming … DD has no real interest in getting eBay or legislation enforcement concerned within the state of affairs, which he believes will finish amicably. He simply needs his candy trophy again
We reached out to eBay for remark … up to now, no phrase again.