Comments on: A Heavyweight Quartet

By: rl1856

rl1856 — Tue, 14 Mar 2017 02:00:30 +0000

Vinyl_house is indeed an interesting operation. They claim to have a proprietary process for “restoring” covers to like new condition. Begs the question of if they have a process to restore the vinyl…. They remind me of auto restorers who paint over rust and only replace parts that are visible, then sell to someone with more money than knowledge.

By: Woody

Woody — Fri, 10 Mar 2017 16:35:26 +0000

JRock1675 – Thank you for your insight, always nice to hear about a happy ebay experience. I had a dealer at a record show freak out on me when I told him that several of his Blue Notes weren’t original, no P, no RVG, and the inside of the covers didn’t look like the original cardboard, but they had a deep groove. A couple of weeks later he told me I was right and enlightened me that they were the Japanese repress’s he had picked up cheap at a flea market and had no idea they weren’t original.

By: JRock1675

JRock1675 — Fri, 10 Mar 2017 14:21:11 +0000

@Woody – I won an auction from vinyl-house-uk a few years ago and was pleased with the experience. As I remember it, they shipped quickly, the visual description of the vinyl was accurate and, I would argue, played better than described in the listing. Perhaps I just got lucky though.

However, this purchase was before the Peckin’ Time auction they described as a “US First” that clearly had a fabricated deep groove in what was a Japanese repress. I believe the listing was pulled before anyone won the auction, but after that, I have not placed any bids on their auctions.

http://jazzcollector.com/blue-note/strange-hank-mobley-peckin-time-activity/

By: Woody

Woody — Thu, 09 Mar 2017 15:23:48 +0000

I’m curious, has anyone here won an auction from vinyl-house-uk? The Hank Mobley cover is graded NM but all 4 corners are lightly bumped and there are also pin holes in each corner. I’ve seen this before where a previous owner or store displayed covers on a wall using pins in the corners. You can also see a discoloration along the right side. I’ve always been cautious buying from a seller who overgrades covers, which I can see, because I’m relying on they’re ability to properly grade their records audibly.

By: Richard

Richard — Wed, 08 Mar 2017 17:59:40 +0000

Scratch that – there are 3

By: Richard

Richard — Wed, 08 Mar 2017 17:58:40 +0000

There are two VSOP Hope LPs available right now as a BIN – both around £25.

I’m guessing 5 different bidders thought it was an original

By: Clifford Allen

Clifford Allen — Wed, 08 Mar 2017 17:52:43 +0000

Oh my god that Hope auction!

I think I paid $12 or $15 for my NM copy!

By: Joaquim

Joaquim — Wed, 08 Mar 2017 16:06:54 +0000

351£ for the Elmo Hope VSOP !!!

By: cellery

cellery — Wed, 08 Mar 2017 14:00:12 +0000

Well, coincidentally caught the end of the Mobley auction just now and it sold for GBP 4,220 – not exactly chump change, but more in line with what you’d expect than the $ 11,000 from 2015. Think we can safely say that was an abberation now.

By: Joaquim

Joaquim — Wed, 08 Mar 2017 13:34:56 +0000

Look at this UK auction the Elmo Hope on Celebrity. It is a VSOP 80s reissue …