Lewis Allan Reed (March 2, 1942 – October 27, 2013) was an American musician and songwriter. He was the guitarist, singer, and principal songwriter for the rock band The Velvet Underground and had a solo career that spanned five decades. Although not commercially successful during its existence, the Velvet Underground became regarded as one of the most influential bands in the history of underground and alternative rock music. Reed's distinctive deadpan voice, poetic and transgressive lyrics, and experimental guitar playing were trademarks throughout his long career. More about Lou Reed
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Having played guitar and sung in doo-wop groups in high school, Reed studied poetry at Syracuse University under Delmore Schwartz, and served as a radio DJ, hosting a late-night avant garde music program while at college. After graduating from Syracuse, he went to work for Pickwick Records in New York City, a low-budget record company that specialized in sound-alike recordings, as a songwriter and session musician. A fellow session player at Pickwick was John Cale; together with Sterling Morrison and Angus MacLise, they would form the Velvet Underground in 1965. After building a reputation on the avant garde music scene, they gained the attention of Andy Warhol, who became the band's manager; they in turn became something of a fixture at The Factory, Warhol's art studio, and served as his "house band" for various projects. The band released their first album, now with drummer Moe Tucker and featuring German singer Nico, in 1967, and parted ways with Warhol shortly thereafter. Following several lineup changes and three more little-heard albums, Reed quit the band in 1970.In total, we tracked 306 items since 01/09/2012. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.
The most expensive item with a signature of Lou Reed (Lou Reed Signed Genesis Transformer DELUXE Autographed Mick Rock Low Number Mint) was sold in June 2020 for £1500.00 while the cheapest item (Lou Reed Hand Signed Original AUTOGRAPH CARD Musician) found a new owner for £0.01 in June 2019. The month with the most items sold (11) was May 2018 with an average selling price of £7.95 for an autographed item of Lou Reed. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in June 2020 with £1500.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £0.99 was February 2014. In average, an autographed item from Lou Reed is worth £15.14.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Lou Reed were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
Item Title | Price | Store | |
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Anthony DeCurtis / Lou Reed Signed 1st Edition 2017 | £24.45 | ||
LOU REED music autograph in programme 1989 | £12.50 | ||
LOU REED Genuine postcard size signed photo SUPERB ITEM WALK ON THE WILD SIDE | £38.00 | ||
LOU REED Genuine postcard size signed photo SUPERB ITEM WALK ON THE WILD SIDE | £38.00 | ||
LOU REED : Hand-Signed Picture (6 x 4) | £5.99 | ||
Lou Reed : The Bells album original promo photo SIGNED Arista Records 1979 | £25.50 | ||
Lou Reed Hand Signed LP, Original Lou Reed Lp, 1972 | £115.00 | ||
LOU REED SIGNED DISPLAY VELVET UNDERGROUND PHOTO LP VINYL NICO RECORD PHOTOGRAPH | £100.00 | ||
Lou Reed SIGNED NYC MAN Tower Records New York 2003 Autograph Velvet Underground | £349.98 | ||
SIGNED Lou Reed - Transformer (1998) CD Velvet Underground | £39.99 |