A Period Piece, and More
Here are some updates on the jazz vinyl auctions we’ve been watching, starting with: Sonny Rollins Plays, Period 1204. This is a pretty cool cover, don’t you think? The record looked to be in VG++ condition for the record and the cover, although the seller seemed to wanted additional emphasis by putting in a few more plus signs. It sold for $543. And while we’re on the subject of Sonny, that British Esquire pressing of Saxophone Colossus? It sold for $449.
Bud Powell, The Scene Changes, Blue Note 4009. This was an original pressing that as described in excellent condition for the record and the cover, which I will interpret to VG++ when I place this record in the Jazz Collector Price Guide, which I will do eventually. This one sold for $515.
Guess I’m not going to get a black-label copy of Giant Steps this week. This one had no bidders when we last looked, but wound up attracting three bids and sold for $284.99. C’est la vinyl.
How high would you have gone for a non-DG?
Hi Al and fellow contributors from down under New Zealand.
I really enjoy this site and thought it about high time I made a contribution myself for once.
I read all the posts last week regarding the JR Monterose, Blue Note 1536, which has just closed as I write this.
One observation I made at the time I first saw this listing, was that there were five photo’s, but not a single photo showing the back cover. Why is there no photo of the cover?
Everything seemed legit, until you read the description “ALSO SAYS EMI – CAPITOL TO BACK AS WELL”.
Maybe I didn’t notice it before, but has the seller now changed the description to read: “© 1956 USA LP REPRESSING”?
I’m sure it said just “PRESSING” before; maybe I’m wrong.
All I know is that as good as some of the re-pressings might be, I wouldn’t want to fork out a staggering US$1081.00 for a re-pressing; no matter how good it is.
Another thing I’d like to mention, which is a topic that has probably been discussed at length on here no doubt, is the increase use of the words like NM, NM- or even VG++ in the auction header, only to open the page up and find that it is only either the record or the cover they are describing; the other half ends up being really second rate.
Or a NM- cover with only a couple of 1″ splits, corner wear and slight ring wear; so remind me how it can be described as NM- then???
I am definitely noticing more and more “hooks” that play on the ignorance or lack of knowledge of buyers to know what they are really buying. Not all of it is bad of course, but I have definitely seen some, what I would call, questionable tactics.
Anyway, that’s my rant, many thanks for letting me put in my 10 cents worth.
Cheers,
Mike
My brother in law owns a comic book shop. For his High End stuff he goes through a third party verification service. Basically they receive the items, grade them, and then seal them to be sold on the market as “graded material”. This seems to void the “is that a G or a VG?” question for dealers, as the grader is third party and what they say goes. It’s too bad this could never happen in the case of records.
Here is the service, if any of you were interested in getting an idea of how it works:
http://www.cgccomics.com/
i see PERIOD lps every now and then, but never this one.