Blue Note Sunday
Back to the watchlist grind, starting with Donald Byrd, Byrd in Flight, Blue Note 4048. This looks to be an original mono pressing with the deep grooves, ear, Van Gelder, etc. The record is listed in Ex condition and the cover is VG. The start price is about $900 with eight days left on the auction. According to Popsike, there have been about 10 instances of this record in the $1,000 bin. We’ll see what happens with this VG cover. Another Blue Note: Fred Jackson, Hootin’ ‘N Tootin’, Blue Note 4094. This looks to be an original New York USA pressing, despite what the listing says. The record is listed as VG and the cover as VG+. The start price is $700 and so far there are no bidders, with the auction closing next week. High expectations for both sellers, IMHO, but we’ll see.
Staying with Blue Notes for a change 🙂 Art Taylor: AT’s Delight, Blue Note 4047. This was an original deep grow West 63rd Street pressing, review copy in VG++ condition. When we wrote about this a few days ago (Book’s Book, Cattin’ and Some Arts), the bidding was at $83. The final price was $877.
Didn’t that same Art Taylor sell on ebay for over $1600 not too long ago and in basically the same condition? I mean this one that sold for $877 had supposedly NM vinyl where as the $1600+ copy had VG+ vinyl.
This basically demonstrate the volatility of selling online..it’s almost like a lottery. There’s no guarantee one will get the same money for his or her record(s) as the next person.
Also, I doubt (and hope) nobody is gullible enough to drop $700 on a Fred Jackson blue note with scratches like that on one side. High hopes indeed but who knows..again eBay selling is like a lottery and maybe the seller will reel in a fish.
yes, is this AT’s delight sold for a ‘bargain’ price?
And Al, wasn’t there something with you and this album and that you have always looked for one but didn’t got one in the end???
That was Shades of Redd.
people conduct extensive research on the best times to have auctions end, the best ways to take pictures, which words work best in descriptions. there are whole reddit communities for it. i’m sure the record world could benefit. an auction that ends at 4am on a thursday isn’t going to get the same band as one that ends at 2pm on saturday, for example.
The seller of the A.T. didn’t get super high prices, except for the Dorham. Probably something to do with presentation, because the condition seemed ok.
“an auction that ends at 4am on a thursday isn’t going to get the same band as one that ends at 2pm on saturday”
With a worldwide audience that doesn’t really have any bearing, especially since most serious bidders use sniping services.
agree with Aaron.
Something I’ve noticed over the years, that I haven’t seen discussed much, is when an album hits a new high price, subsequent sales fall short of the that high. It’s as if a bunch of collectors note the new price and decide that item is now beyond what they want to pay and look for other things. Doesn’t always happen, of course, but I’ve noticed it enough to wonder if there’s some truth to this idea.
I think it’s more of a case of only a handful of people willing to pay a certain price for a record and then the remaining people that want it are not willing to pay nearly as much.
Justin, after the very high sale one of the two high bidders are off the market already having the LP…..maybe…..if it’s not a dealer like Disk Union and such.
Regarding the AT’s Delight the 877 USD is not exactly bargain IMO. Even if it has sold for more before it is a very high price that is within the error margin for fluctuation. Just because a record sold for 3000 USD once it will not automatically sell for the same time and time again.
Personally I find these price increases the last 10 years very sad. Although I have my fair share of OG’s I see a lot of the records I want just disappear into the sunset – far out of reach….not fun at all.
@Al.
“That was Shades of Redd.”
well, it has the same colour 🙂