Comments on: Price Updates: Newk, Cliff Jordan, Johnny Griffin

By: rl1856

rl1856 — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 15:28:26 +0000

Is there as way to track whether or not the high bidder actually pays for and thus purchases the record ? I am not implying anything regarding a specific auction or bidder. However, if the high bidder for the copy of Something Else mentioned in the post was fraudulent, and the seller was forced to relist the record, wouldn’t that invalidate the record price from the 1st auction ?

By: michel

michel — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 18:54:43 +0000

I’m not sure, but i don’t think Saxahone Colossus has a flat edge. Some various titles have anyway, like Hal Mc Kusick, or Overseas…Flat is not an universal rule for Prestige records.

By: Bob Brooks

Bob Brooks — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 17:55:42 +0000

Looks like flat-edge was not important here. A copy of somethin else from this seller sold for 1600. Apparently just some crazy bidders.

By: Bob Brooks

Bob Brooks — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 17:46:15 +0000

I’m still not sure if prestiges need to be flat-edge or not(I seem to repeat myself here), but the sax colossus above is specified as a flat-edge. Not many 7079 pressings on popsike seem to be, but when they are they go for more than some mint pressings even if they are only vg+.
So either some early prestiges such as 7079 and 7035 lights out must be flat to be first press, or more people bid on the flat ones because they are more authentic and more likely to be early presses.
I don’t know much in the world of jazz collecting with certainty, but flat edge prestiges bring the big bucks.