After discovering that his Rock and Roll Hall of Fame trophy was listed on eBay , Dave Davies tells Rolling Stone that he’s working with the seller to get it back. “I’m sure it’s going to be resolved now,” he says on a phone call Friday. “I feel confident.
” The seller, who purchased the trophy in good faith for a large amount of money at another auction, is open to a trade, so Davies is considering what he would swap. “I’m not sure what yet, maybe a guitar,” he says. The statuette, which Davies received when the Kinks were inducted in 1990 , had been listed for $12,500.
“Award has a few scratches and a small repair to the left arm,” the description said. The listing, viewable on TMZ , said shipping would cost only $29. “I was shocked,” Davies says of seeing the listing.
“I didn’t know you could buy other people’s awards. If people have an award, you can just sell it?” On Thursday, he had written on social media that the sale had been without his consent. “I don’t want to have to pay 12 grand to get my own award back,” he wrote.
“But maybe we can work something out more reasonable.” Davies isn’t entirely sure how he lost the award. He shot down rumors that he let the payment on a storage space lapse and that the award had been acquired Storage Wars –style.
“To be honest, I’ve been on the move, and I had that awful stroke that set me back a few years [in 2004] and a change in residence where I was living,” he says. “Unti.
