Here are some other items we were watching before we got distracted.
Remember that nice batch of 10-inch LPs? They did quite well. Kenny Dorham Quintet, Debut 9. The record was listed in VG++ condition and the cover was near mint. The price was $430.55. Sonny Rollins Quintet, Prestige 186. This one was also VG++ for the record and near mint for the cover. It sold for $510. Miles Davis with Sonny Rollins, Prestige 187. This was in near mint condition for both the record and the cover. It sold for $305. I’d take it at that price if, indeed, I was buying records these days.
Even though this was was described as “megarare” — shades of BobD — it didn’t sell at a start price of about $300: John Coltrane, Giant Steps, Atlantic 1311. This was a stereo pressing with the bullseye label. The record was VG++ and the cover was VG+.
The stereo “bullseye” pressings of Giant Steps usually sell for about half of what his starting bid was.
Yes, and that water stain on the Giant Steps cover is not a good sign – vinyl tends to be irreparably affected.
I have never heard that water affects vinyl. I wash my records with a humid cotton cloth (25/75 ratio alcohol/distilled water. At a certain time there were even people who played their records wet (the wet players).
You are right rudolf that water(distilled at least) does not effect vinyl. But when I see a water stain I think that there could be further issues like mold. After hurricane Katrina I purchased quite a few records on the cheap from people with flood damage to there houses and collections. Mostly the covers where irreparable but I thought I could clean the mold off the vinyl with my VPI cleaner and different solutions. My success rate was like %25. If it’s cheap enough it’s worth a gamble, but at market price I definitely won’t risk it.