eBay on A Summer’s Day
Jul 1, 2004 Blue Note, Jazz Vinyl, Jazz Vinyl on eBay, Prestige, Verve
I can’t believe it’s July 1 already. I’m definitely in summer mode. I took two days off and haven’t posted since Monday. I think that will happen fairly routinely this summer so keep checking the site to see if we’re up that day and what gems we might find for you on eBay. We’re following the market just as closely and we’ll make sure to keep the Price Guide and Latest Prices up to date regardless of whether we post new entries on the site each day. I hope this makes sense on at least some level.
In any case, we’re up on the web today and here are some of the items we’ve been watching on eBay. We start off with a nice collectible from the rare Imperial label:
Sonny Criss, Go Man!, Imperial 920. This was an original pressing in M- condition. It sold for $650.
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Tags: Art Tatum, Ben Webster, Fontana, Freddie Hubbard, George Wallington, Imperial, Jaro, John Lewis, Lee Morgan, Pacific Jazz, Ronnie Scott, Sonny Criss, Tubby Hayes
Another Day, Another Thousand Records
Jun 9, 2004 10-Inch LPs, Blue Note, Jazz Vinyl, Jazz Vinyl on eBay, Prestige, Riverside
Another day, another thousand or so records on eBay. It’s a tough job, but somebody’s got to go through them all and it may as well be me. Here are some of the items we’re watching over the next couple of days: Don Sleet, All Members, Jazzland 45
After you click this item do yourself a favor and click “View Seller’s Other Items.” You will see some great records in great condition that will sell for high prices.
This is another dealer with some good items this week. Art Taylor, Taylor’s Wailers, Prestige 7117
One of these days we will get this record, but not this week. The price tag of $450 is already a little too steep.
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Tags: Art Taylor, Charlie Parker, Chet Baker, Dial, Don Sleet, Fontana, Jazzland, Kenny Dorham, Miles Davis, New Jazz, Paul Chambers, Sonny Rollins, Thelonious Monk, Tubby Hayes
Tubby Hayes, Art Taylor, Shades of Red
Jun 7, 2004 10-Inch LPs, Blue Note, Jazz Vinyl, Jazz Vinyl on eBay, Prestige
Back from the weekend and finally caught up on eBay. Here are some of the records we’re looking at over the next day or two:
The dealer JBLD44000 out of Seattle has still more highly collectible records in nice condition at high prices. He has a few closing today, including:
Tubby Hayes Quintet, Down in the Village, Fontana 680-998, with a price of $750 as we posted this.
This dealer has many more high-priced, interesting items over the next two days, including:
Art Taylor, Taylor’s Wailers, Prestige 7117 in M- condition.
The price on this is already $450. We missed out last week on a copy in VG++ condition that sold for $307.
Freddie Redd, Shades of Redd, Blue Note 4045 in nice condition, but not mint. This is priced at $295. I’m watching this because it is a favorite of mine – I think the music is terrific, with Jackie McLean and Tina Brooks – and the only copy I have is a Japanese pressing. My copy sounds great, but it’s not like having the original.
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Tags: Art Taylor, Bethlehem, Charlie Parker, Clifford Brown, Dial, Donald Byrd, Fontana, Freddie Redd, JJ Johnson, Mal Waldron, Sonny Clark, Tubby Hayes, Zoot Sims
Hot Records, High Prices
Jun 7, 2004 $1000 Records, 10-Inch LPs, Blue Note, Jazz Vinyl, Jazz Vinyl on eBay, Norgran, Prestige, Riverside, Savoy
Back home after a weekend away. Let’s see what happened on eBay the past few days.
The seller JBLD44000 out of Seattle, who has been selling some nice records the past few weeks, had a bunch of items up this weekend, with mixed results. A few of the records sold for high prices, including:
Hank Mobley, Soul Station, Blue Note 4031, for $1,337.28
Kenny Drew, Walkin’ and Talkin’, Jazz West 4, for $532
This dealer also had several high-ticket items that didn’t get bids at all. Based on our previous experience watching his auctions, we anticipate that these records will be back on eBay in the near future with somewhat lower start prices and, perhaps, Buy-It-Now prices. Among those records are:
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Tags: Blue Mitchell, Cecil Payne, Charlie Parker, Dial, Fontana, Hank Mobley, Jazz West, John Coltrane, Kenny Drew, Pacific Jazz, Phil Woods, Ronnie Scott, Signal, Tal Farlow, Teddy Edwards, Zoot Sims
A Potpourri of LPs
Jun 1, 2004 10-Inch LPs, Blue Note, Jazz Vinyl, Jazz Vinyl on eBay, Norgran, Riverside, Savoy
I went away for the long Memorial Day weekend and didn’t look at eBay for three days. Here are some of the things I missed:
Howard McGhee, Music From The Connection, Felsted 7512. This was in nice condition and sold for more than $1,000.
Benny Carter, Cosmopolite, Norgran 1070. This was an original yellow label copy, autographed by Carter and, according to the dealer, directly from Carter’s own collection. A nice collectible, indeed.
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Tags: Ben Webster, Benny Carter, Curtis Fuller, Donald Byrd, Elektra, Elmo Hope, Ernie Henry, Felsted, Fontana, Fred Jackson, Hank Mobley, Howard McGhee, John Coltrane, Pepper Adams, Tal Farlow, Teddy Charles, Tubby Hayes, United Artists, World Pacific
In Search of Barney Kessel Clef EP
May 13, 2004 Blue Note, Jazz Vinyl, Jazz Vinyl on eBay, Prestige
Yesterday we answered some questions from readers. Today we have a question we would like to throw out to the community and see if anyone else has the answer. We’re starting to get a little action on the forums, so if you have questions like these please put them there and we can start building a clearinghouse of information for collectors.
On to today’s question, from Pete aka “Bongo Pete the Drummer”:
“Hello. I have for years owned a 45-RPM EP on Clef Records called Introducing Barney Kessel and have never found any info on it. I also own the 10-inch LP Barney Kessel Volume 1 on Contemporary, which mentions in the liner notes that it is Barney’s first album – but that’s what it says on the back of the Clef 45. I know Barney just passed away on the 6th of this month. Do you know anything about this Clef EP?
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Tags: Art Blakey, Barney Kessel, Chet Baker, Contemporary, Dan Axelrod, Fontana, Jazz Collector Questions, Jazz Quotes, Limelight, Ronnie Scott, Zoot Sims
