Goin’ up, Up, Up
Let’s catch up on some of the items we were watching and which generated some interest among the Jazz Collector community.
Wynton Kelly, Kelly at Midnight, VeeJay 3001. This was the stereo pressing in M- condition. Most of us, it seems, were quite surprised when the bidding on this approached the $400 range. It ended up selling for $565, with 24 bids and what seemed to be three serious bidders.
A Swinging Introduction to Jimmy Knepper, Bethlehem 77. This was an original pressing in M- condition. This is the one that has Bill Evans as a sideman. When I wrote about this record, there were no bids at a start price of $135. By the time the auction closed the bidding had reached $338. Coincidence? I don’t think so. I would think the post had something to do with generating interest, particularly spotlighting Evans as a sideman, which the listing failed to do.
I had a feeling this one would break into the $2,000 bin, and it did: Lee Morgan, Candy, Blue Note 1590. This was an original deep groove West 63rd Street pressing in M- condition for the record and the cover. It sold for $2,225.
Rising tide lifts all boats?
Even the blue/white b label pressings commanding high prices:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/GRANT-GREEN-Feelin-the-Spirit-BLUE-NOTE-UA-84132-LP-stereo-/380660148179?pt=Music_on_Vinyl&hash=item58a11ce7d3
Amazing to watch…
Wow, that Grant Green price is pretty incredible. I have many, many blue/white label Blue Notes. If I could get 80 dollars each for them, that would be quite nice.
I even bid on the Jimmy Knepper, but wasn’t close to the final price. Perhaps a Japanese pressing is in my future 🙂
The seller for the Grant Green is another expert marketer, without the hype, and with a large loyal following, who always manages to get prices well above market.
Thats a lot of bread for a ‘b’ label lp. I wonder if someone was just looking to replace a poor cover on an earlier pressing?
But would you really want the Liberty cover on the original pressing?