Comments on: Cool Struttin’ for $2,700; A Pair of Boxed Sets

By: dottorjazz

dottorjazz — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 11:31:09 +0000

I noticed the same on Mosaic,but,re Freddie Redd,there’s one now with no bids,starting at 49.99,and a buy it now for 249.99.And this is the one I miss.Maybe I’m gonna try.The first one.

By: Rudolf

Rudolf — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 07:45:35 +0000

the Getz box also has a photo collection in a stiff booklet. Very well done by Phil Stern.
I also play boxes rarely, because it is cumbersome, esp. to takeout one of the discs from the Riverside collections of Monk and Bill Evans.
I see a drop in prices for most Mosaic collections. Of course the slogan “for those who want it all” does not withstand the test of time. Shrewd marketing, no more, appealing to people who start from scratch.
There are a few which are really essential: Herbie Nichols and Freddie Redd and the Chet Baker unpublished concert sides.
Of course, this is a very personal opinion.

By: Mattyman

Mattyman — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 16:14:56 +0000

2700 Bucks for Cool Struttin’… Could it that maybe, just maybe, there is a chance that for a change it’s not a collector buying, but maybe an investor, assuming that one day, somewhere in time, he’ll be able to sell it again for, let’s say, four or five times the amount he paid for it? I mean, we have all read stories of investors who couldn’t care less about paintings or art, but still they bought them, kept ’em in a vault for years and then sold them again for astronomical amounts. Or could it be that I’m a bit too cynical now? 😉
Mattyman, The Netherlands