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The post Instagram???????? first appeared on jazzcollector.com.]]> Glad to see the last post garnered so much interest and discussion. Not sure whether to thank Helen Merrill, the person who bought the Helen Merrill record, Strictlyheadies or Instagram itself. I realize I am missing a lot by not being active on Instagram. I actually have two accounts, AJDoctor, which is also my eBay account, mostly inactive, and Jazz.collector. I just don’t go to Instagram very often. Nor do I go to Facebook or other social media. Maybe I’m just old, but I’ve never thought of myself as a moldy fig and I have been active online since the early days of the net. In fact, I started a newspaper in 1994 called Inter@ctiveWeek, which was the first print and online publication focused on the internet and bore the tagline “The Internet’s Newspaper,” which, by  the way, I came up with. Anyway, maybe this discussion will help inspire me to participate. One of these days, when people don’t want to pay me good money to write about technology and business anymore, I will have more time to get back to selling records, and perhaps then I will be ready to expand both my horizons and my community. Until then, it’s back to watching records on eBay, starting with:

The Magnificent Thad Jones, Blue Note 1527. This is an original Lexington Avenue pressing listed in VG- condition for the record and VG for the cover. The seller says the buyer should  expect a fair amount of cracks, tickles and pops. To me, this is a record I would be hesitant to put on my turntable, but the cover is great, isn’t it? I can see (and feel) the temptation. The auction closes later today and the bidding is in the $275 range.

Lou Donaldson, Wailing with Lou, Blue Note 1545. This was an original West 63rd Street pressing with the New York 23 labels. The record was in VG condition, maybe close to VG+, and the cover was in VG condition. The final price was $1,310.55. From the same seller, Carolinasoul, came: Introducing Lee Morgan, Savoy 12091. To my eyes this looks like an obvious second or third pressing, with the maroon label and a cover that would clearly not be a first pressing. The record was listed in VG+ condition and the cover was VG. The final price was $710. In my view this is a pretty high price for a second pressing and, just to understand clearly, there is a feeling among some of you that perhaps Instagram is a vehicle that is contributing to driving prices up for records like this? Because?

 

 

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