Jazz Vinyl, Way Out West
Here’s one we wouldn’t have expected to sell for as much as it did: Bill Perkins, Just Friends, Pacific Jazz 401. This was an original pressing in M- condition and it was offered by the same guy who was offering some other LPs that he purchased from the late Leon Leavitt. Anyway, we’ve tracked this one before in the Jazz Collector Price Guide and the highest price was $128. This one sold for a cool $800. This one is of similar vintage: Playboys, Art Pepper and Chet Baker, Pacific Jazz 1234. This was an original pressing and it was also listed in M- condition for both the record and the cover. It sold for $660. And, while we’re on the West Coast, there is this: Art Pepper Quintet, Discovery 3023. This is an original 10-inch pressing. It was listed in VG++ condition for both the record and the cover, and it sold for $428.99.
Completely stupid bids on those two west coast albums… this is absurd !
Michel: you should reason to the end and ask the question if not all the 1000+ sales fall in the category of the absurd
Well, not all…Especially, those two west coast albums are available elsewhere in the 80 – 150 range. Not particularily sought after.
The strange thing about the Bill Perkins album is one guy bid 5 times trying to pass the reserve which apparently was finally met at $800! From the buyer to the seller the whole thing is mind-boggling!