Updating the $1,000 Jazz Vinyl Bin
Sorry for taking so long between posts. I had a ton of work on my real job, but no excuses. I promise to do better. So, let’s catch up on some of the records we missed while we were off in the real world.
I had my eye on this, but the price was too high even if I had been paying attention: Cliff Jordan, Cliff Craft, Blue Note 1582. This was an original West 63rd Street pressing in VG+ condition for both the record and the cover. I was looking at this with a couple of days to go and the price was relatively low. I thought, given the condition, perhaps it might be worth a snipe. It wound up selling for $1,125. However, I do have hope for acquiring this record in the future. I’ve got an idea I may be getting a copy for my birthday one of these days. How did I finagle that? I’ll tell you in another post this week.
John Coltrane, Blue Train, Blue Note 1577. This was an original pressing that looked to be in M- condition for both the record and the cover. It sold for $1,602.77.
Whilst we’re perusing the $1,000 bin, here are a few more:
Marty Paich, The Broadway Bit, Warner Brothers 1296. This was an original pressing in M- condition for both the record and the cover. It sold for $1,311. Wow. First time we’ve seen this one in the $1,000 bin on the Jazz Collector Price Guide.
Jutta Hipp With Zoot Sims, Blue Note 1530. This was an original Lexington Avenue pressing. The record looked to be M- and the cover was probably VG+. The price was $1,913.
One more: Cliff Jordan, Blue Note 1565. This seemed to be an original pressing, lacking the pictures to substantiate, however. It’s a risk. The record was listed as M- and the cover was probably VG+. The price was $1,110. For that money, I’d at least want a full picture of the cover and a picture of the label. Not too much to ask, is it?
I had my eye on the Blue Train as it looked like it was in great condition but had doubts as to whether or not it was a first. Called the “guru” of Blue Notes in New York as I didn’t have my guide with me and Fred confirmed that a first edition of this record needed to have a NewnYork 23 address on either the first or the second label, but not both.
I checked my copies of this record and I have one like this, but not in as good shape as thie one that sold. For the price that this seller got for the classic Coltrane, he really should have called this record out accurately. The due diligence on this type of record shouldn’t be all that hard … Took me only a few minutes over the cell phone with Fred while I was on business in Vancouver to sort this out. Makes me wonder about the other listings ….
Al,you’re asking for WAY too much info! At least the Jordan had maybe 1/4 of the cover. On the other hand,there’s this…
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Tina-Brooks-True-Blue-LP-RVG-Ear-BLUE-NOTE-JAZZ-RARE-ORIGINAL-/160825881815?pt=Music_on_Vinyl&hash=item2571f834d7
hell of a way to inspire bids,eh?
CeeDee — wow. How much are a gambler are you? The listing has the vinyl in M- condition. Would you ever take that chance? Could be a big score if the price is right. Or could be completely bogus.
The listing for True Blue says “no inc, no R” This record should have both. Just another reason for my skepticism about this record.
wow someone is about to get burned
It’s weird though, because the seller has a lot of feedback. I asked him a question but no reply yet.
THere are 4 negative feedback that give me pause, also reading the terms would make me nervous as well. I feel like I would end up with a Classic Records pressing(I already have one, it’s nice for $25) and no recourse for return.
Hi, I’ve already warned everyone of this seller; sunsetstripvinyl. He steals the images from Popsike. Done it before and ahs done it again, but this time cropped them severely, so noone would suspect. The other records he sold in february, BLP 1568, BLP 1588 and so on where also images stolen from Popsike, although when I confronted him with proof he denied it and claimed it was his pictures, newly taken. All the jazz holy grails he sells are images taken from Popsike. I cannot see any feedback from the records back in February, for the Hank Mobley and Sonny Clark, I think it was February 17th or something. And now there’s no feedback for the Jutta Hipp w. Zoot Sims, Lee Morgans and so on.. Will the winners receive they’RE lP’s or not? Is this a fraud. Well, some things point to that if you ask me. Keep your eyes open. Here’s a link to a previous post where I took this up: https://jazzcollector.com/blue-note/blue-noting-on-ebay/#comments
Fredrik,nice post! Even someone with only a scanner could show more of the product than that. And if he DOES have the actual lp in his hands,why the ‘keyhole’ image? Hmm…
On another note: Al, please can you put the correct link under the Marty Paich The Broadway Pit? Because you have put the link to Blue Train under that one as well. 😉
And I think that it would be a good idea to follow this Sunsetstripvinyl seller, ’cause I remember Fredrik’s comments about this guy and given the outrageous prices he harvested with that incredibly bad photo material is beyond me. Is there anyone here who actually bought one of those high priced gems?
…and now sunsetstripvinyl is no longer a registered eBay user. Big suprise? He probably sold all those holy grails that he didn’t have (no feedback for those) and split. http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback2&userid=sunsetstripvinyl&ftab=AllFeedback
And now he’s is back again with more hot items…: http://www.ebay.com/sch/sunsetstripvinyl/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=&_trksid=p3686
I just wonder if anyone has received their records? How can you check if they have? There’s no feedback from anyone of the top dollar items he had in February (Cool Struttin & Hank Mobley 1568 amongst others, images taken from Popsike) or the ones in June (Jutta Hipp w. Zoot Sims, Lee Morgans several, Tina Brooks True Blue and so on, images all taken from Popsike). Now he’s back with more cropped images.. I mean wtf is going on here? How can you check if people actually have received their records, please tell me? Frustrated…
Fredrik: the guy has interesting albums, but does not show them to full extent. A strange way of presenting merchandise. A detailed picture of a deep groove label is always a sales booster. So, are these records real?
Our friend from sunsetstripvinyl is back … watch out!