Highlights from a (sold) Estate Sale

A reader sent me a link to this estate sale with a note that it was being sold as a complete collection: The Estate of Alan J. Javorcky: Noted Trombone and Jazz Musician.  I received the note around 3 p.m. yesterday and went immediately to the site.  First thing I saw was a note that the jazz collection had been sold and was no longer available. I decided to look anyway, and I suggest that you do the same before they take the pictures away.Go all the way down to lot #212. First you’ll see a batch of EPs. At first blush, I thought these were 10-inch LPs erroneously listed as EPs, but I’m pretty sure they are EPs. Maybe someone can confirm. The picture is from that group of EPs It’s a challenge because the EPs and 10-inch LPs often used the same covers. Move down to 310 and you start with LPs of the 10- and 12-inch kind.

Some highlights, from a collectible standpoint. Cannonball Adderley, Somethin’ Else; Finger Poppin’ with the Horace Silver Quintet; Art Blakey, Mosaic; Modern Jazz Trombones, 10-inch Prestige; Miles Davis All Stars Volume 2, 10-inch Prestige; Stylings of Silver; Blowin’ the Blues Away; 6 Pieces of Silver; Horace-Scope; Booker Ervin, The Freedom Book; Frank Morgan on GNP; Best Coast Jazz; Study in Brown and Clifford and Max at Basin Street; Miles Davis, Blue Haze; Tenor Madness; Miles Davis All-Star Sextet, 10-inch Prestige; Chet Baker Sings, 10-inch; Miles with Sonny Rollins, 10-inch Prestige; Miles, Blue Note 5013, 10-inch.

That’s about 20 nice collectibles, assuming they are in good condition, which is a strong assumption to make, sight unseen There are other collectibles and probably a total of 200-300 LPs altogether, plus a load of CDs. Our intrepid reporter on the scene says that “word around Nashville is it sold to a guy in Houston for five figures.” Congratulations to a collector or dealer in Houston. If you see this post and want to share anything about the collection, be our guest.