Comments on: What an Auction!

By: DaveS

DaveS — Wed, 16 Sep 2015 18:57:19 +0000

Pretty excited to see what that white label promo copy of Abstract went for since I happened to come across one for $30 a few years ago.

By: JOK

JOK — Wed, 16 Sep 2015 17:44:39 +0000

I picked up a copy of maiden voyage at a garage sale a few weeks ago. I thought there must be something wrong with it, I paid $8. It plays flawlessly, and the cover is still enveloped in wrap. And someone paid over a grand for a similar copy? I am totally shocked and amazed.

By: Joe L

Joe L — Wed, 16 Sep 2015 14:58:25 +0000

The price for the Maiden Voyage is completely ridiculous. It’s not an uncommon record.

By: MikeC

MikeC — Wed, 16 Sep 2015 10:30:38 +0000

Maybe collectors are starting to care less if it’s an exact first pressing?

I never tried the samples of the true blue. I knew it would be out of my range. Looked nice though

By: Rich

Rich — Wed, 16 Sep 2015 02:51:41 +0000

PS: If I may toot my own horn for a second, I nailed the price of Tender Feelin’s in the comments of the last post. 😉

By: Rich

Rich — Wed, 16 Sep 2015 02:50:27 +0000

1. Agreed with Charlie: The most outrageous sale of that auction has to be the stereo NY Somethin Else for almost $800… (O_O)
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2. As Jim and Clifford said, that copy of Maiden Voyage DEMOLISHED the old popsike record: $821 vs. $1580. Un…be…lievable.
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3. That Thad Jones was a couple dollars shy of the popsike record. Interestingly, though the record in this auction was NM, the jacket was listed as “EX”, but clearly broke the seller’s own rules for “EX”, which say corner bumps should only affect at most 1/2″ of the jacket, but the corner bump on that clearly covers over 1/2″ of the corner…not a good sign when it comes to trusting a seller. (I felt the seller’s grading of jackets were liberal in general.)
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Anyway, the other top selling copies of 1546 on popsike don’t appear to be near mint either…could this actually be a $2,000+ record near mint??

By: Abrasive_Beautiful

Abrasive_Beautiful — Wed, 16 Sep 2015 00:25:08 +0000

Yeah, I wonder why that copy of Straight Ahead sold for so much. Yes, Dolphy’s records usually command high prices but much less so when he is not the leader it seems. When bringing up the sold listing for that copy, eBay offered me two others at buy-it-now prices of around $200 in “EX” or “NM” condition. 2XXL bid gone wrong?

By: Art Klempner

Art Klempner — Tue, 15 Sep 2015 21:56:33 +0000

A fool and his money are soon parted.most jazz musician s could not make a living playing the music.how ironic the world of jazz

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 15 Sep 2015 20:23:34 +0000

I’d like to add that it seems “large” groupings of similiar albums auctioned on eBay by a single seller tend to gather more of a feeding frenzy and reason tends to be thrown out the window a bit more..whether it be 40+ desirable blue notes or 40+ desirable spiritual or free jazz albums.

By: Clifford Allen

Clifford Allen — Tue, 15 Sep 2015 19:57:43 +0000

$1500+ for Maiden Voyage is absolutely insane.