Comments on: Happy Holy Grail Day

By: Clifford Allen

Clifford Allen — Mon, 31 Jul 2017 14:50:25 +0000

@Woody, that’s crazy. Perhaps they were returns? Who knows, but it’s all very strange. Thankfully he isn’t selling any European or Japanese modern jazz grails and I’ll be avoiding at all costs.

By: Charles

Charles — Fri, 28 Jul 2017 19:00:16 +0000

I bought a w63 copy of Monk ‘Genius of Modern Music’ from the same seller as the ‘New Tradition’ lp. My copy was (apparantly i’m in the minority) accurately graded, but the seller took over 5 days to ship it and charged $8.00 for shipping that was clearly marked ‘media mail’ on the shipping label. I consider myself lucky to have just gotten burned on the shipping- not the lp, and prob won’t buy from him again.

By: Mac

Mac — Fri, 28 Jul 2017 16:26:47 +0000

As for the McLean Adlib, I would accept the cover being repaired/retouched/restored, IF it were disclosed by the seller. Years of hunting and collecting movie posters has conditioned me that, if done by a professional firm, restoration can add value to a piece. I have had several LP covers professionally restored, and have always been pleased. It’s funny, for movie or other vintage posters, major restoration is sometimes required, involving piecing together scraps, painting in missing paper, filling in pinholes, etc. and this does not detract (but will actually enhance) the value. For an LP cover, the corners can be restored to squareness, seam splits repaired, ink marks or other stains removed, ringwear removed, missing art restored, etc.

No issue for me, if I know in advance before buying, and there is a return privilege.

By: Woody

Woody — Fri, 28 Jul 2017 15:30:53 +0000

Clifford – You mentioned above that you found the Soul Samba/Jackie McClean’s postings suspect that he uses stock photos for his first image.
Well, this gets evens stranger…
Yesterday’s CollectorsFrenzy ebay high-end sales for the day listed 15 lps from this seller.
http://collectorsfrenzy.com/topsellers/2017/7/27
Then if you go to CollectorsFrenzy top sellers for June 23 you see 10 lps with the exact same photos and layout including 4 of the same titles from yesterday.
http://collectorsfrenzy.com/topsellers/2017/6/23
However, even though these are only a month old the Ike Quebec, Sonny Rollins, Sonny Clark, Joe Henderson, do not show up in an Ebay end of sale search for these artists.
All four titles sold for significantly more just a month later. If a bidder used CollectorsFrenzy or Popsike to research the value of these records they would be influenced by the June 23 numbers even though I assume the sale never went through.
Obviously I overthink everything but…………….

By: lennib

lennib — Fri, 28 Jul 2017 15:25:32 +0000

And perhaps for me the pity of it is that I had the McLean Adlib lp 40 or so years ago.
Too bad I didn’t think to hang on to it, for it only brought me a pittance when I sold it in the 70’s.

By: Clifford

Clifford — Fri, 28 Jul 2017 02:27:40 +0000

$1800 for Soul Samba. I fold. Jesus.

By: Caroline Somerset

Caroline Somerset — Fri, 28 Jul 2017 01:44:46 +0000

I would add that the spine of the McLean looked suspect to me as well. With normal wear and tear, almost all spines of this age suffer some minor delamination or cover art wearing off due to repeated rubbing and handling, and this eventually exposes the cardboard colored substrate underneath the art. In this case, if you look at the photo of the spine, it is clear the rubbed, exposed areas are not cardboard colored, but bright white, meaning that they have been inpainted/touched up to minimize the appearance of any damage from normal wear and tear. Furthermore, the entire spine shows even discoloration top to bottom – this most likely from the glue which has destabilized over time. I messengered the eBay seller about this, and they responded “…Hi, I’m not entirely sure. I just bought the record and listed it. I just double checked and to me it seems genuine. If it is indeed restored. It is very well done because I can’t really tell. I can’t guarantee you if it is restored or not. Thank you!…” That answer was enough to put me off bidding (although I wanted to bid!). C

By: Rob

Rob — Fri, 28 Jul 2017 00:47:30 +0000

CRAZY money for the McLean!!!!!!!

By: Lennib

Lennib — Thu, 27 Jul 2017 23:09:13 +0000

Re: Jackie Mac Ad Lib lp:
Looks like a $5000.00 bin needs to be started.
Wonder if $ will actually change hands on this one.

By: GST

GST — Thu, 27 Jul 2017 22:06:48 +0000

Seller never answered my questions so no bids for me on his items (although apparently I wouldn’t even be close….$,3,348 for Whims of Chambers!).