This week’s theme: A Jazzy Christmas. Featured artists include Dexter Gordon, Charlie Parker, Kenny Dorham, Jimmy Rushing, Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Herb Geller, Bill Evans, Tony Bennett, Ray Charles, Betty Carter, Dan Axelrod, Al Perlman.

I was watching another high-ticket item and wondering if it would sell. That would be The Tony Bennett Bill Evans Album on Fantasy with autographs by Evans and Bennett on the inner sleeve. The seller had it priced at $3,600 and I was wondering if there would be any takers following the death of Tony Bennett. There wasn’t, and the seller has it relisted at the same price. What do you think? Overpriced by about $3K or so?

Finally, there was John Coltrane, Coltrane, Prestige 7105. This is a sealed copy. When the album was originally issued in 1957, they weren’t using vacuum seals. Would anybody be surprised if they opened this and the label was blue instead of yellow? The seller had a start price of about $2,000 and didn’t get any bids. If it were me, I’d unseal the record. If it was an original New York yellow, I’d keep it, play it and cherish it. But that’s just me.