Comments on: A Prestige-eous Day at Jazz Collector

By: kwop

kwop — Wed, 22 Nov 2017 22:51:16 +0000

thank you for clarifying David

By: david j

david j — Fri, 17 Nov 2017 04:35:18 +0000

GEM was a printer for covers that Prestige used at some later point during the 50th St series. Mobley’s Message was one of the first releases that used this printer, but only part way though the print run. The earliest versions of the cover are thought not to have the GEM printer’s note on the back cover. Like a single sided deep groove on Drew’s Undercurrent, there is some debate on what makes a true first pressing, or if two pressings were simultaneous. For a vg++/m- copy of Message, $700 was a decent price regardless of press, at least based on previous auctions.

By: kwop

kwop — Thu, 16 Nov 2017 22:17:16 +0000

Sorry, can someone please explain what GEM script is?

By: Clifford Allen

Clifford Allen — Thu, 16 Nov 2017 15:57:23 +0000

never noticed that GEM script before.

By: adamski

adamski — Wed, 15 Nov 2017 12:39:58 +0000

Mobley’s Message was a bargain in relative terms as Al says. Very Nice

By: david j

david j — Wed, 15 Nov 2017 07:52:24 +0000

The Mobley has a second press cover with GEM on the back. First pressing purists will balk at the cover, which might explain the relatively (!!!!) low price.

By: Clifford

Clifford — Wed, 15 Nov 2017 03:30:47 +0000

I think Mobley’s Message has some of the finest Prestige cover art. The seller often gets a premium for some very nice records indeed.

By: Robert Morris

Robert Morris — Wed, 15 Nov 2017 02:14:45 +0000

The “Art Farmer” LP description of the back cover “…reveals staining”. No – it’s not revealed, it shouts at you! The cover is pretty much ruined by the moisture damage. I certainly wouldn’t house the record inside. “G” to “VG-” at best.

By: japhy

japhy — Tue, 14 Nov 2017 22:29:56 +0000

^ The Miles seller.

By: japhy

japhy — Tue, 14 Nov 2017 22:28:55 +0000

That seller’s (main) problem is that he’s got a love affair with fonts! Good Lord! All the fonts, colors, sizes, bold, not bold, italic, pound signs galore, centered text! The listings are dizzying! It really works against him. Sure, he’s got a little Bob D hype issue, but look at one of his two negative feedbacks – the Johnny Hodges record. The buyer is complaining about a trashed record. But the listing clearly states (if you can get through it) that the auction is for the cover only, and the disc is just being thrown in as a freebie. He put the vinyl in the photo, and maybe he shouldn’t have included it at all. The dude’s own command of English isn’t that great, and yet he’s counting on a potential non-English-speaking buyer to not only somehow get through the font issue, but also make sense of the item description. The seller is a perfect example of where a well-done listing means everything and in this case it cost him at least one negative feedback and overall probably keeps him from getting the best prices.