I expected this to fetch a higher price but, as I said earlier, I think the picture of the back cover was out of synch with the description: Jackie McLean, Capuchin Swing, Blue Note 4038. This was listed in M- condition and sold for $331.

This is a real nice record that doesn’t have the cachet of a Blue Note or a Prestige, but has excellent personnel, a nice cover, deep groove, etc.: Booker Little Four, United Artists 4034. This was an original pressing in VG++ condition for the record and the cover. The price was $118.25.

This is one of those that can stir up more debate about what, exactly, is an original pressing:

Sonny Rollins Volume 1, Blue Note 1542. This one had the West 63rd Street address, with the deep grooves and RVG. In my mind this is not an original pressing, because the first batch of these that came out of Blue Note had the Lexington Avenue address. I know it’s an early pressing, but not a first press. Does that make it less collectible? Absolutely. This one sold for $300 in VG+ condition.

Finally, there was this: The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson Volume One, Blue Note 1505. This was an original Lexington Avenue pressing with the flat edge. It was in M- condition for the record and VG+ or VG++ for the cover. It sold for $233.50. Does this mean the market prices are coming down? Perhaps, but as we’ve seen for years, the market is cyclical and prices on eBay are always dependent upon who happens to be bidding at that particular moment.  For example: In the Jazz Collector Price Guide we have one incident of this record — without the deep grooves — selling for more than $1,500. That, to me is an eBay aberration.

Zoot Sims, Stretching Out, United Artists 4023. This was an original deep groove mono pressing. It was a promo copy, with a promo stamp and the white label and it was in M- condition, for both the record and the cover. The price was $124. What do you think: Does the promo stamp enhance the value of a record for you, or detract, or neither. I recall in the world of rock albums, the promo stamp was always considered a good thing, but I’ve never heard that one way or another in the jazz world. Which leads me to this LP: Bill Evans, Waltz For Debby, Riverside 399. This was an original pressing with the white promo label. The record was

listed in VG condition, although the seller said it played well, and the cover was also VG. The price was $560. I have a sense that this is one of the jazz records that would be enhanced by the promo markings.

We were also watching a couple of interesting, hard-to-find LPs by Thad Jones, including: Thad Jones, Mad Thad, Period 1208. This was an original pressing and it was listed in VG++ condition for both the record and the cover. The price was $525.  There there was this: Thad Jones, The Jones Boys, Period 1210. This was an original pressing. The vinyl was M- and the cover was VG+. The price on this was $130.50. Why the price differential between the two Thad Jones LPs? Who knows? This is eBay, after all.

Also for the Price Guide are:

Sonny Rollins Plus Four, Prestige 7038. This was a New York pressing with the second cover. The record and cover were in VG+ condition. The price was $165.20.

Sonny Clark, Leapin’ and Lopin’, Blue Note 84091. This was a stereo pressing with the New York USA label. The record and cover were M-. The price was $179.02.

Ben Webster, Soulville, Verve 8274. This was an original pressing with the trumpeter logo. The record was VG++ and the cover was VG+. The price was $114.27.

Ike Quebec, It Might As Well Be Spring, Blue Note 4105. This was an original pressing with the New York USA label. The record was VG+ and the cover was VG++. The price was $126.

Benny Golson, Gone With Golson, New Jazz 8235. This was an original pressing with the purple label in VG++ condition, both record and cover. Price: $114.50

Miles Davis, Relaxin’, Prestige 7129. This was an original New York pressing in M- condition, record and cover. The price was $282.

Zoot Sims, Jazz Alive! (with Al Cohn and Phil Woods), United Artists 1040. This was an original pressing in VG++ condition. The price was $158.15.

Hank Mobley, Jazz Message #2, Savoy 12092. This was an original red label pressing. The record was VG++ and the cover was VG+. The price was $232.40.

Lou Donaldson, LD+3, Blue Note 4012. This was an original West 63rd Street pressing. The record was VG+ and the cover was VG++. The price was $173.50.

Lester Young, The President, Norgran 1005. This was an original yellow label pressing with the David Stone Martin cover. The record was in VG condition and the cover was VG+. The price was $127.50.

Coleman Hawkins, The Hawk Flies High, Riverside 233. This was an original white label pressing. The record was M- and the cover was VG+. The price was $84.91.

Jaky Byard, Here’s Jaki, New Jazz 8256. This was an original purple label pressing in M- condition, both record and cover. The price was $99.99.

Kenny Dorham, Round Midnight at the Cafe Bohemia, Blue Note 1524. This was an original Lexington Avenue pressing. The record and cover were in just VG condition. The price was $333.99.