A Few Blue Notes on Ebay For You
I took a week off from posting records on eBay. It was quite refreshing, to be honest. But I’m back with this week, slowly, with a few items, including a few Blue Notes. Among the items worth noting:
Grachan Moncur III, Evolution, Blue Note 4153. This is a mono New York USA pressing and it’s in very nice condition, particularly the vinyl which may have been unplayed until I put it on the turntable to try it. You’ll probably see this item popping up on the top of many listing pages when you do a search for jazz records. It costs about $25 for this feature on eBay and I use it once in a while when I have a nice record. I do it mainly so more people will open it and perhaps pay us a visit here at Jazz Collector. I’m not sure if it helps to drive a better price for the record itself, but it certainly can’t hurt.
Freddie Hubbard, Ready for Freddie, Blue Note 4085. This is also a mono New York USA pressing with vinyl that’s in
very nice condition. These two Blue Notes, the Moncur and Hubbard, are still among the items I purchased a few months ago from that collection in Trenton, N.J. In case you’re new to the site or missed that story, you might want to go back to the Adventures in Jazz Collecting Series. It’s worth it. It’s easy to find these articles if you just click on Jazz Memoirs on the tag at the right. In addition to the several Blue Notes I have on eBay now, I’ve also put aside some Miles and Trane on Prestige, which I hope to post later. I also hope to get time to put together this special on Bird I’ve been promising all week.
Rudolf asks on another post about whether summer may not be a good time to be listing records on eBay. I’ve been watching eBay for years and have always wondered about this. I do know that there are lulls in the market, but my experience is that they come in spurts and sometimes at the most unexpected times. There was a noticeable lull for a few weeks earlier this year, that I assumed was related to the economy. But, boom, things picked up quickly. August can be slow, with many Europeans on vacation. But my experience with eBay is that it’s like the stock market: It’s impossible to time it, so you’re better off not trying.
Hello. I just stumbled upon this site and am very impressed. The price guide alone is a very nice feature but the inclusion of commentary and write-ups is fantastic. I have been selling on ebay for many years and have heard that the summer is the worst. But some of my top pieces have sold in the dead of summer. You never know. That being said, i just listed a FANTASTIC sampling of a collection of 40s and 50s Jazz 78s that i obtained. I am not normally a 78 guy but when i stumbled upon these, i knew what was up. Check em out. http://shop.ebay.com/merchant/flyingharryrecords_W0QQ_dmdZ1QQ_ipgZ50QQ_sopZ12?_rdc=1
I noticed your album on top of the list. My experience is that it pays off. It is an eye-catcher which should induce people to look for “other items for sale”.
Btw: when you say, you’re better off not trying, it implies not to put any records for sale!
I meant you’re better off not trying to time the market — and that you should keep putting up records for sale.
I am a repeat customer of yours and am spinning (as I type) a sweet, mono pressing of John Jenkins BLP 1573 you sold me. A first pressing of this LP is going for $800 on ebay right now but I cannot imagine it sounds 30 times better than the pressing I have. Clean, lovely mono sound! So refreshing when LPs arrive as they are described. Keep posting those sweet Blue Notes!