Blue Notes, $1,000 Bin & $2,000 Bin
It’s June and the $1,000 bin is busting out all over, mostly with Blue Notes.
How do you like this one? Tina Brooks, True Blue, Blue Note 4041. This was an original pressing. The vinyl was listed in M- condition, the cover was listed as excellent, with shrink wrap still on it. The top bid was $2,311 and . . . and . . . and . . . and it still failed to meet the reserve price.
The seller roverd-90 had a nice weekend selling Blue Notes. Here are a few:
Lee Morgan, Candy, Blue Note 1590. This was an original pressing in M- condition for the record and the cover. It received a top bid of $2,264 and actually sold for that price, since there was no reserve. From the same seller was Lee Morgan, Indeed, Blue Note 1538. This was an original Lexington Avenue, flat-edge pressing. The vinyl was M- and the cover was VG+. The price was $1,915. And then there was this:
Jutta Hipp at the Hickory House Volume 1, Blue Note 1515. This was an original Lexington Avenue pressing, flat edge, kakubushi cover, the works. It was in M- condition for the vinyl and VG+ for the cover. The price was $1,347.
No real surprise that this True Blue did not sell for 2300+ : it is a little higher than usual price for NM copies, and i think in this case, seller was too thirsty by putting a (probably) 2500+ reserve price.