Comments on: Another Blue Note Tuesday

By: Joe L

Joe L — Fri, 07 Nov 2014 15:34:02 +0000

That Monk notebook is rather creepy. He was just a boy, he was not “Thelonious Monk, jazz genius.” Would you want Monk’s favorite stuffed animal from his toddler days? That seems extremely invasive and weird to me.

By: Chewy

Chewy — Fri, 07 Nov 2014 03:06:39 +0000

oh wait ok so this collector got it in 2005 from an auction house. well i wonder the lineage before that….still id like to talk to this guy

By: Chewy

Chewy — Fri, 07 Nov 2014 03:05:17 +0000

i wonder who this collector is, who acquired this monk notebook. he must be very old by now. i wonder what Hank items he might have…

By: Gregory the Fish

Gregory the Fish — Thu, 06 Nov 2014 16:50:19 +0000

well that seller is just an absurd person, gandi.

By: DaveS

DaveS — Thu, 06 Nov 2014 16:26:47 +0000

It would be great if someone could figure out a trading/non-eBay platform for all of us. While I am sure we all have our fill of Jimmy Smith’s, I bet there are holes we each have and duplicates that we would be willing to part with.

Is anyone interested? (of course if this violates the website policy, I don’t want to incur the wrath of The Al).

By: gandi

gandi — Thu, 06 Nov 2014 09:30:53 +0000

I read many complaints about high prices of collectible records … how about starting to collect rare autographs? 😉

http://www.ebay.com/itm/THELONIOUS-MONK-Hand-Written-High-School-Essay-Notebook-JAZZ-PIANO-Autograph-/370700347830?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item564f7669b6#ht_2506wt_1001

By: Chewy

Chewy — Thu, 06 Nov 2014 05:11:38 +0000

god my Birdland vol 2 just like that one was only $24.99, these prices are nutzo

By: Joseph

Joseph — Thu, 06 Nov 2014 03:11:58 +0000

Arick ,Mike, I have to agree with you somewhat. I have sold a few things for friends and every big ticket jazz item I sold went to either Japan , Europe, or somewhere in East Asia. Nothing to the USA. That being said , I was shocked when a guy from Quebec , purchased from me Paul Chambers , Blue Note 1534 , 2nd press , for a substantial bit of money. (It was in amazing shape).

I would love to have VG++ , on some of the more desirable pieces but it’s out of my league so I am happy with VG, if I can get them at a reasonable price and they play half decent. I’m just happy to own some of these gems.

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 05 Nov 2014 20:37:01 +0000

The bubble popping is very dependent on trends in Japan. In my opinion they make up a huge percentage of the high end jazz market.

By: Gregory The Fish

Gregory The Fish — Wed, 05 Nov 2014 18:40:31 +0000

Arick,

that’s how I play it:

impulse, candid, columbia, new jazz, united artists, ESP disk, etc.

i collect blue note and prestige but on an affordable basis. occasionally one makes a nice score.