Rare Bird Nets $2,210. Yes, $2,210.
Wow, there was a real bidding war for this one: Charlie Parker, Dial 203. This was a 10-inch pressing sold by Euclid Records. The record was listed in M- condition and the cover was VG++. What would you normally expect this to sell for? I’d have said $400, maybe $500. If you look at the Jazz Collector Price Guide the range is $300 to $500 depending on condition, with one previous copy selling for more than $700. The bidding for this one started getting intense between two buyers at somewhere north of $800 and it skyrocketed all the way to a final price of $2,210. Not bad. By contrast, Euclid also sold copies of the following 10-inch Dial records by Bird: Charlie Parker, Dial 207. This one
was listed in VG+ condition for the vinyl and VG++ for the cover. The price was $676. Quite steep considering the condition, but still within three figures. The other one was this: Charlie Parker, Mr. Saxophone, Dial 211. This was listed as M- for the vinyl and VG++ for the cover. The final price was $315.
Hello,I have a few original jazz LPS which I am considering selling.They include Charlie Parker Dial 207 Volume Three microgroove 10 inch,GC,Warne Marsh quintet Music For Prancing MODLP 125 VGC,Bird And Diz Clef 9026 UK Pressing,Charles Mingus Quintet on Debut ( Precognition/Portrait) and a couple of other titles.I have worked in a record/cd store in the past and know that they are valuable but am in no way a jazz specialist and wondering the best way,besides ebay to sell them.Can you please advise?Regards,Elise
what do you think the dial original 10 inch 201-202-203- and 207 would go for? thanks
I would be willing to negotiate a price with you.
Ross Russell told me he sold fewer than 500 copies of Dial 901 in all its pressings. Total number of copies sold for each of the 10-inch Parker Dials were in the hundreds. They are scarcer than most collectors think. As for the high-number Dial 78s, there are some that no big-time collectors have ever seen.
Geoffrey – I assume for 901 that includes the yellow cover with the drawing of Bird? Thanks!