Comments on: e-Baying, One More Time

By: Rich Capeless

Rich Capeless — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 06:36:20 +0000

Michel: personally, I think it’s crazy to sell valuable records like these and not take a second to take sharp close-ups of both labels. Plus I don’t believe this seller was an honest (or educated) as they could have been by writing “original” for Blue Notes without the Plastylite “P”. A friend said they could have just been referring to the *labels* as being original…come on.

If I had to guess, the auction for the Duke Pearson LP was a battle between two novices who thought they were getting a real 1960 original, which they weren’t. Back in the fall I saw a real Plastylite original in VG+ condition go for about $350–THIS makes sense.

That being said, I’m sure this early Liberty pressing sounds amazing in M- condition.

By: ceedee

ceedee — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 23:27:44 +0000

Incidentally,the mono 1st press on the Brubeck is the one w/ the black border on cover,right?

By: ceedee

ceedee — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 23:22:47 +0000

Rudolf,you were not alone! I,too,struggled for qauite some time trying to play the “find the completed listings column” parlor game. It’s the kind of idiocy that makes you wonder if the techie changes there are made by USERS or people that never actually USE the site.(How else could such glitches go w/o repair,or at least a mention in the ANNOUNCEMENTS section that “we know a problem exists,and we’re working on it”? Sheesh…

By: Rudolf

Rudolf — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 13:07:09 +0000

Thanks Michel, I found it: first special attributes and then “show only”. Too complicated to be practical.

By: Michel

Michel — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 11:41:10 +0000

Rudolf, just click on “show only”

By: Rudolf

Rudolf — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 10:03:16 +0000

Ebay has again made several changes in the set-up of their site. Does anyone know where they have hidden the “completed listings” feature? Or does it no longer exist?
I bought a record from zero street at a price nearly double the current rate!

By: kb

kb — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 03:15:18 +0000

Definitely a Liberty pressing from a seller with some pretty high expectations. Will be fun to watch this one:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Hank-Mobley-Workout-Vintage-Jazz-LP-Blue-Note-Vinyl-Record-4080-Mono-W-63rd-/330855155243?pt=Music_on_Vinyl&hash=item4d0881062b

By: Mattyman

Mattyman — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 20:41:02 +0000

Pfff… Just for the hell of it I browsed eBay for Brubeck’s Time Out this morning. It’s amazing how many copies have the “newly listed” icon next to it.

By: Jud

Jud — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 18:54:51 +0000

I think the large number of nice titles all on the same time frame was the key. Anybody who looked at any of that stuff looked at all of it. I bid on about 30 of those records, didn’t win any. Having “Look through this Collection” right up top was good marketing.

By: Michel

Michel — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 17:30:28 +0000

Lucky ? Yes the seller was lucky, but let us not forget the quality of the listing, the sharp pictures (good light,good focus,front and back cover), accurate description. And above all, the exceptional quality of some records listed : its been a long time since we have not seen such beautiful copy of ‘Fuchsia Swing Song’. Frenzy was somewhat justified.