Interesting Stuff on eBay
Jan 21, 2008 $1000 Records, Blue Note, Jazz Vinyl, Jazz Vinyl on eBay, Verve
Just as an update: I’m not posting regularly for the site yet. I’m a couple of weeks away from resuming selling on eBay and then doing regular posts. For those of you who have found — or re-found — the site, please continue to be patient. Once I’m fully up and running, I’ll be posting every day about interesting jazz collectibles, and I’ll also be selling records here off the site. I’m also hoping to resume my price guides, and get the old ones posted from 2004 and 2005.In the meantime, here are a few interesting items I’ve been watching: Hank Mobley, Blue Note 1568. This one has a $5,500 Buy-It-Now price, which is the highest we’ve ever seen.
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Tags: Bill Evans, Hank Mobley, Jutta Hipp, Louis Smith, Zoot Sims
A $2,000 Record
Jan 3, 2008 Blue Note, Jazz Vinyl, Jazz Vinyl on eBay
After I posted yesterday’s item about the $1,000 Gil Melle record, I did a quick search of jazz records recently sold on eBay with a price tag of $2,000 or more. The result? This copy of Jutta Hipp with Zoot Sims on Blue Note 1530 sold for $2,534, with 15 bidders. I also spent some time looking ahead on eBay for the remainder of the day. There’s a nice copy of John Coltrane’s Blue Train coming up later, and one seller has a bunch of nice 10-inch LPs, but the price tags are way high in comparison with their value. We’ll keep you posted as we find interesting items.
Tags: Blue Note, John Coltrane, Jutta Hipp, Zoot Sims
A $1,000 Record
Jan 2, 2008 $1000 Records, Blue Note, Jazz Vinyl, Jazz Vinyl on eBay, Riverside
You don’t see too many jazz records selling for more than $1,000. Here’s a recent Gil Melle, Patterns in Jazz, Blue Note 1517, that sold for $1,225. It helped that the record was in mint condition, was an original and was being sold by a highly reputable dealer. Back when I was doing the site regularly, there was huge discussion when a copy of Monk’s Music, Riverside 342, sold eBay for $3,061.50. Here’s what I wrote at the time:
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Tags: Blue Note, Gil Melle, John Coltrane, Riverside, Thelonious Monk
A $200 Joe Newman LP? Thank Andy Warhol
Jan 2, 2008 Album Covers, Jazz Vinyl, Jazz Vinyl on eBay
Here’s an LP by Joe Newman that recently went for more than $200 on eBay. Not quite what you’d expect from the RCA label. The catch is that the cover art was designed by Andy Warhol. I happen to have a spare copy of this record. If anyone’s interested, comment here and I’ll post the condition and price.
Tags: Andy Warhol, Joe Newman, RCA
The Return of Jazz Collector, Part 2
Jan 2, 2008 Features
I did the Jazz Collector Web site and newsletter for about a year and a half in 2004 and 2005 and abandoned my loyal readers to start another business. I almost came back a year ago, but didn’t. Now I’m trying again. This time it should stick. – Al Perlman
Tags: Jazz Collector