Catching Up: Dial S For The $1,000 Bin

Time to catch up on some of the items we’ve been watching on eBay the past couple of days:

There was this copy of Sonny Clark, Dial S for Sonny, Blue Note 1570. We had spotted it at $484 with a few hours left to go, and we expected that the price would probably double. It actually did more than that: It surpassed the $1,000 mark and sold for $1,025. This was an original pressing in M- condition for both the record and the cover. We looked this record up in the Jazz Collector Price Guide and, interestingly, it had previously sold for as much as $1,750, in worse condition.

Speaking of Sonny Clark, he was on two of those Buddy DeFranco LPs we were watching. He was on Buddy DeFranco, In a Mellow Mood, Norgran 1079. This was an original yellow label pressing in VG+ condition for the record and the cover. It sold for $67.78. Sonny Clark is also on The Artistry of Buddy DeFranco, Norgran 1012. This was also an original yellow label and

it was in VG+ condition for the vinyl and VG condition for the cover. It sold for $52.55. Both of these records sold for about what I had expected and I think it reflects the shifts in the market for both the Norgran label as well as some of the earlier artists in the bop and post-bop era. I do think the seller probably could have done better with these LPs if he had mentioned the presence of Sonny Clark in the listings, but perhaps not that much better. By comparison, the number of page views for the DeFranco records was in the mid-40s, while the Sonny Clark had 235.

We were also watching two other nice Blue Notes: Jutta Hipp At the Hickory House, Blue Note 1515. This was an original Lexington Avenue pressing. The record was M- and the cover was VG+. It sold for $776. There was also J.R. Monterose, Blue Note 1536. This was in VG+ condition for both the record and the cover and sold for $555.55.