Today at Jazz Collector: Trane Reigns

This is a busy day here at Jazz Collector, with a particular emphasis on John Coltrane collectibles. Some of the heavy-ticket items we’ve been watching are closing today, including that copy of Giant Steps, which is now more than $200; later today we will be announcing the winner of our contest to win a copy of My Favorite Things; and we are closing our last auctions for a couple of weeks, as we head off for a brief holiday. Have no fear, during the holiday we will still be doing our daily posts, and more, on Jazz Collector. Meanwhile, some of the items closing today.

Art Taylor, Taylor’s Wailers, Prestige 7117. This is an original pressing and the record features an all star lineup of John Coltrane, Jackie McLean and Charlie Rouse, among others. The record is in M- condition and the cover is VG++. The price is now about $450. This is one of those records in the batch being sold by Bobdjukic, which also includes the Giant Steps LP. What I find incredible is

the number of viewers he gets on some of these records. This one, for example, had 1,618 page views.

One of the items we’re selling today is somewhat interesting: John Coltrane, The Last Trane, Prestige 7378. Not sure what kind of collectibles market there is for test pressings, but this is one, a test pressing with a plain white label. What’s also interesting is that the record has the original cover and liner notes — however, they are clearly pasted onto a copy of John Coltrane’s Lush Life, Prestige 7188, a copy of which we are also selling today. Anyway, The Last Trane test pressing is only around $50 at this point and it’s certainly a pretty unique item for someone’s collection.