This week’s theme: Clifford Brown, alternate takes and other discoveries. Artists include Clifford Brown, Max Roach, Sonny Rollins, Harold Land, George Morrow, Richie Powell, Dizzy Gillespie, Manhattan Transfer, Herb Geller, Joe Maini, Walter Benton, Kenny Drew, Curtis Counce.

Back from another weekend away, so it’s time to see what happened on eBay the past few days. We were watching auctions from a group of dealers that had some amazing records. Here are some of the dealers and their wares. You can do a general eBay search on completed items for any of these dealers to see more.

Here are items sold by the dealer Jazz5060. This dealer also has a bunch of great records for auction now.

Charlie Persip, Jazz Statesman, Bethlehem 6046, in M-/M- condition. Price: $157.50

 Walter Benton Quintet, Out of this World, Jazzland 28, in M-/M- condition. Price: $449

 Zoot Sims, Stretchin’ Out, United Artists 4023. This was a promo copy in M-/VG++ condition. Price: $460

 Freddie Hubbard, Goin’ Up, Blue Note 4056, in M-/VG++ condition. Price: $349.95

 The Return of Howard McGhee, Bethlehem 42 in M-/M- condition. Price: $676

Here are some items sold by the seller Recordsfever:

Kenny Drew, Undercurrent, Blue Note 4059, in M-/M- condition. Price: $388.30

Lee Morgan, The Cooker, Blue Note 1578, in M-/VG++ condition. Price: $310

Lou Donaldson, LD&3, Blue Note 4012, in M-/M- condition. Price: $210.50

Freddie Hubbard, Hub Cap, Blue Note 4073, in M-/M- condition. Price: $240.50

Here are some items from the seller Dirtcup.

Thelonious Monk Plays Duke Ellington, Riverside 201. This was with the original cover and the original white label in M- condition. You rarely see it with this cover and hardly ever in this type of condition. Price: $420

Kenny Burrell and Frank Foster, All Day Long, Prestige 7081 in M-/M- condition. Price: $400.50

Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, A Night at Birdland Volume One, Blue Note 1521, with the original cover in M-/M- condition. Price:  $414

Freddie Hubbard, Open Sesame, Blue Note 4040, in M-/M- condition. Price: $1,065

Miles Davis Volume Two, Blue Note 1502 in M-/M- condition. Price: $356

Here are some from the seller AnthonyPearson:

Clifford Brown and Max Roach, A Study in Brown, Emarcy 36037, in M-/VG++ condition. Price: $503

Art Farmer Quintet with Gigi Gryce, Prestige 7017, in VG++/VG++ condition. Price: $139.50

The Dual Role of Bob Brookmeyer, Prestige 7066, in M-/VG++ condition. Price: $71.26

Dexter Gordon, Dexter Blows Hot and Cool, Dootone 207 in VG++/VG++ condition. Price: $960

These are from the seller Hithere757:

Hank Mobley, Hank, Blue Note 1560, in VG+/VG++ condition. Price: $374

Cliff Jordan, Blue Note 1565, in VG++/VG++ condition. Price: $975

Duke Jordan, Flight To Jordan, Blue Note 4046, in VG++/VG++ condition. Price: $666

Louis Smith, Here Comes Louis Smith, Blue Note 1584 in M-/VG++ condition. Price: $533

Here are a couple of more nice ones for relatively reasonable prices:

Sonny Red, Out of the Blue, Blue Note 4032, in M-/VG+ condition. Price: $141.49

Jackie McLean, Jackie’s Pal, Prestige 7068, in VG+/VG++ condition. Price: $256.50

We’ll spend some time today looking ahead on eBay for some interesting items this week. Check out Jazzcollector.com tomorrow for an update. See you then. — Al