For the Price Guide: A Blue Note Batch & A Prestige

Here are a few more big-ticket items we’ve been watching. All of these will be entered into the Jazz Collector Price Guide as soon as we get a chance.

Jackie McLean, Lights Out, Prestige 7035. This was an original pressing with the yellow label and New Jersey address. The record and cover both seemed to be in VG+ condition. The price was $599.95.

Walter Davis, Davis Cup, Blue Note 4018. This was an original West 63rd Street pressing in M- condition. It sold for $790.

Freddie Hubbard, Open Sesame, Blue Note 4040. This too was an original pressing and it was in M- condition, both the record and the cover. The price was $636.  This was actually surprisingly low — we’ve seen this record sell for more than $1,000 several times, and reach as high as $1,590 for a record that  was not in M- condition.

Paul Chambers, Bass on Top, Blue Note 1569. This was an original West 63rd Street pressing. The

record was VG++ and the cover was M-. The price was $616.

Lou Donaldson, Wailing With Lou, Blue Note 1545. This was an original pressing. The record was VG++ and the cover was VG+. The price was $518.80.

Sonny Red, Out of the Blue, Blue Note 4032. This was an original pressing in VG++ condition, both record and cover. The price was $393.

Aside from the Hubbard record, the prices seem to be quite high, don’t they? No summer doldrums here, at least not in the Blue Note/Prestige aisle.