Turkey: Bosphorus boat to host rare record auction

By Musa Alcan

ISTANBUL (AA) - Vintage music lovers, break out your wallets, and maybe your seasickness pills.

Rare local and foreign records from the age of vintage vinyl are to set to find new homes in a water-bound auction this week in Istanbul.

The Teos Antik record shop announced on Wednesday that they will host an auction in a unique setting: a boat touring Istanbul's picturesque Bosphorus.

The auction will primarily focus on records from the 1970s and 1980s by such legendary local artists as Zeki Muren, Cem Karaca, and Ajda Pekkan.

The boat is to depart from the city's historic Golden Horn neighborhood of Balat, said Teos Antik.

The records are expected to fetch prices ranging from a relatively modest 100 Turkish liras (about $27) to as high as 7,000 ($1,870).