No Summer Slump Yet: Lots Of $1,000 Records

We have quite a large number of items to add to the $1,000 and even $2,000 bins on this beautiful Monday morning in sunny New York. If there is a summer lull in prices on eBay, it hasn’t much made a dent in the prices of some of the high-end collectibles, such as these:

Hank Mobley, Blue Note 1550. This was an original West 63rd Street pressing in beautiful M- condition, for both the record and cover. It was also sold by the seller Roverd-90, who had the Johnny Griffin the other day and also had a few others, such as the Lee Morgan Candy I’ll cover below. Quite a nice week for Mr. Roverd-90. This record sold for $1,825.

As mentioned, Lee Morgan, Candy, Blue Note 1590. This is one of the rarest of the rare and was in beautiful M- condition, both record and cover. It sold for $1,900.

We had pointed out the Jazz Record Center’s auction of Sonny Rollins, Saxophone Colossus, Prestige 7079. This one was listed as mint condition — not even mint minus and we had predicted that it would sell for at least $2,000 and perhaps as much as $3,000. We were right the first time: This one fetched a price

of $2,285.

This one sold for a higher price than we’ve ever seen for this record: Helen Merrill, Emarcy 36006. This one was from Euclid Records. The record was M- and the cover was VG++. The price was $1,780.55.

This one also seemed to hit a high: Art Pepper, Modern Art, Intro 606. The vinyl was VG+ and the cover was a strong VG++. The price was also a strong $1,560.

Finally, we have Lee Morgan Volume 3, Blue Note 1557. This was an original West 63rd Street pressing. It was hard to discern the condition. The seller used the words “very good” and “good” but we think he may have meant M- and VG+, in our vernacular. The price would certainly indicate a record in very nice condition: $1,703.