Art Pepper For the $1,000 Bin: Blues Walk, Almost
Here’s one for the $1,000 bin and another for the almost-$1,000 bin:
The Return of Art Pepper, Jazz West 10. This was an original pressing. The vinyl was listed in M- condition and appeared to be unplayed. The cover looked to be about VG+. The price was $1,155.55. We’ve seen several Art Pepper records cross the $1,000 barrier in the past: The Art Pepper Quartet on Tampa as well as Modern Art on Intro, which recently topped $1,500. This is the highest price we’ve seen yet for this LP, according to what we have followed in the Jazz Collector Price Guide.
Joining the almost-$1,000 bin, which is not really a bin, is this one:
Lou Donaldson, Blues Walk, Blue Note 1593. This was an original pressing in M- condition and it was sold by Euclid Records, which seems to be able to get a premium on its listings. This copy also surpassed all previous high bids: It sold for $997.99.
A couple of more for the $1,000 bin from a seller: Cannonball Adderley BN 1595 sold for $1475 and Chet Baker Riverside 299 sold for $1,137. Both were listed in M condition. And Bill Evans Explorations Riverside 351 sold for $999 also in M condition. The seller had lots of good stuff and some of the records like Joe Newman’s The Happy Cats in M condition barely had 30 page views.