Catching Up on Some Jazz Vinyl

Let’s catch up on some jazz vinyl we’ve been watching on eBay:

First there were those beautiful 10-inch Blue Notes: Clifford Brown, New Star on the Horizon, Blue Note 5032. This was an original Lexington Avenue pressing listed in M- condition for the vinyl and what we would characterize as VG++ for the cover. A beautiful copy. It sold for $535.49. From the same seller was this: Miles Davis Volume 2, Blue  Note 5022. This was in similar condition to the Clifford record and sold for $630.

That brilliant copy of Thelonious Monk, Brilliant Corners, Riverside 226, did not reach the  $1,000 bin, to my surprise. This was a white-label pressing in M- condition for both the record and the cover. It sold for $898.08.

We’ve never seen a copy of this record fetch a higher price:

Cattin’ With John Coltrane and Paul Quinichette, Prestige 7158. This was a promo copy and it was sold by the Jazz Record Center. It was in near-mint condition and sold for $435. This was from the same auction and also fetched a higher-than-usual price: The Resurgence of Dexter Gordon, Jazzland 29. This was an original orange label pressing that seemed to be in new condition. It sold for $178.38.