Comments on: . . . And In Jazz Vinyl on eBay . . .

By: zarabeth47

zarabeth47 — Tue, 29 Oct 2013 19:35:52 +0000

$150 seems really high for a stereo press Cannonball. These obviously have to be later presses with the oval logo (private marketing strat: FIRST STEREO PRESS) I’ve had a few of these in VG-/VG condition (just a killer record!) but always $10-15 bucks. It’s ok in stereo format but I prefer the mono. the original monos have the block logo and I just got a killer ++ copy this week for $51.00 (i’m pretty cheap/thrifty so that’s a lot for me but I’m tired of VG-/VG presses of this bad boy) …………. $149 for a stereo …. poor guy .. i’m sorry.

By: ceedee

ceedee — Thu, 24 Oct 2013 18:21:55 +0000

Al-I didn’t comment earlier as I just got around to reading the post(!). I think my mindset(at the moment)is summed up well by your throw-away line:”Just as that price seemed to be inflated, this one seemed to be less than expected”. From a sellers perspective,you can only hope to have more of the former,not so many of the latter. A buyer,of course,feels exactly the opposite! Maybe what we used to say on the playground after an especially tough game could sum up both viewpoints-“ya win some,ya lose some”…

By: vinylrealist

vinylrealist — Mon, 30 Sep 2013 14:28:46 +0000

I’m vinylrealist. Let me explain why I list at the prices I do.

The main reason is ebay is very unreliable nowadays. Starting low may attract attention, but is no guarantee that the item will fetch anything like what it’s worth. It took a few tries to sell the Adderley in Chicago. If I had listed it for $9.99 it would have sold the first time – for maybe $50. It’s free to list so there’s no risk in putting a record up at a high price but a lot of risk starting low and hoping for the best.

I’ve been lowering my starting prices when items don’t sell. The Dizzy was down to $9.99 which is hardly asking too much for NM copy, even if it is 2nd.

Another reason for the high prices is that many of these are in really, really beautiful condition, and deserve to have a premium on them.

Kind of Blue was a later pressing, as I clearly stated in my auction. But if you look at auction results, there are 10 non-CBS 6 eyes for every one CBS 6 eye, so there has to be some rarity to this pressing. Also, the vinyl was possibly unplayed – and the buyer was very happy with it.

I’ll be selling at the WFMU record fair in November, and will be much more willing to negotiate prices without having to pay ebay/PayPal fees.

By: Clifford Allen

Clifford Allen — Mon, 09 Sep 2013 18:31:21 +0000

I would assume that the cheap Fred Jackson was due to the low feedback and VG+ grading…

By: Joe L

Joe L — Mon, 09 Sep 2013 14:58:42 +0000

Good luck to vinylrealist for getting his asking prices.

Aside from being common anyway, many of the Brubeck records he has listed are second or third pressings.

That Dizzy “Greatest Trumpet” he has listed is dime-a-dozen.

Looking at his completed auctions, he sold a mono copy of “Kind of Blue” for $500 that he labeled as “original” but which is clearly a second pressing. $500!!!