Comments on: Ringing in the New Year With Blue Note (Of Course)

By: ceedee

ceedee — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 17:13:48 +0000

Andy,welcome to the fray! To put those prices in perspective,think of what you might do if you had money to burn-now BURN it! If you found yourself “buying” things for prices you never imagined before,then you’ve taken a walk in some of those buyer’s shoes. After all,once you can afford what you want-what’s stopping you? For the rest of us,though,there’s always “a dollar and a dream”…

By: Andy

Andy — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 17:54:21 +0000

Hi,

First time poster… I never understood the deal with roverd’s insane prices.. he sells records I wouldn’t consider paying more than $30 for, sometimes for close to $1k.

If this has been covered many many times pardon me, but again.. first time poster.

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 02:10:54 +0000

Tim, I would say that the NM factor(if it’s trusted) more than doubles the value.

By: Tim

Tim — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 23:57:37 +0000

Agreed–those were high prices!

I’m interested in these exceptions to the rule, as in 4164. It looked like that buyer had overpaid for an “original”, but may have ended up with a “1st” after all. It seems that the NM factor is pretty important as well.

By: London Calling

London Calling — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 22:43:54 +0000

Just a flag – enjoyable time today bidding for some non-holy grail Blue Notes today. No last-second snipes shooting prices into the stratosphere. Solid sensible prices, well within the Popsike median, looks like the Happy Holiday collectors are back behind their desks earning rather than spending.

There is a lesson here. Avoid crowds.

Interestingly, no sign yet of any feedback on Roverd-90’s profile from the “mystery buyer(s)” who apparently blew near $10k on 27th December paying way over the odds for lots of his records.I’m watching.

By: Katharsis

Katharsis — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 14:59:32 +0000

With real value I mean the price range, a pressing like this would usually sell; e.g. not $1500 for a Liberty-pressing. Let’s say, something like the common sense in the jazz sellers guild.

By: ceedee

ceedee — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 14:50:50 +0000

“And it’s still funny sometimes to see people sell records, with absolutely no idea about the real value of their records.”
Real value..to whom?(Ah,there’s the rub..)

By: Katharsis

Katharsis — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 14:07:27 +0000

Yes indeed. You could handle that nicely with a reserve price. But on the other hand some people might think “uh, that must be worth a lot”. And it’s still funny sometimes to see people sell records, with absolutely no idea about the real value of their records.

By: London Calling

London Calling — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 13:52:33 +0000

Point well made Katharsis. “RVG is innocent”.

On Sonny’s Crib, may be its just me but I find high opening values very off putting, and you often see them end with no bidder.

Its for buyers to decide what its worth, not the seller.

By: Mattyman

Mattyman — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 12:31:43 +0000

@Katharsis: yes, the ear, of course! 😉 They don’t mention that either. But then again; the rest of the photos fully show that 1500 bucks for that Sonny is madness. I wonder if the seller even knows what the “ear” stands for and that it’s in fact a pretzel shaped squiggle that represents the “P” from Plastylite! As you can see, being on Jazzcollector is valuable, ’cause I learned all that right here!