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A rare Mariah Carey demo tape is going up for auction next month, through the music magazine and merch site, Wax Poetics .

The cassette tape is believed to be one of Carey’s original demos, personally handed to legendary producer Arthur Baker by the star during a party in New York more than 35 years ago. Now, the same tape will be available to the highest bidder beginning on December 2, with the auction live on WaxPoetics.com .

According to Baker, his serendipitous run-in with Carey happened during a Christmas party in Manhattan, when the then-19-year-old was working as a backup singer for dance-pop artist Brenda K. Starr. Baker says the ta

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