New Items For the Price Guide, January 25, 2009

Catching up on a Sunday morning with some of the items we’ve been watching on eBay. Here’s one that did not sell, as we expected: Jazz At Massey Hall Volume 3, Debut 2. This was an original 10-inch pressing. The record and cover were VG+. The seller put a base price of $200 on it and did not get any bids.  Here’s another that did not sell because it didn’t meet the seller’s reserve price: Lou Donaldson, Quartet, Quintet, Sextet, Blue Note 1537. This was an original Lexington Avenue pressing. The record was listed in VG+ condition and the cover was VG. The top bid was $235.49. In the Jazz Collector Price Guide, we’ve seen this record go from around $240 to as much as $650.  This record is a particular favorite of ours — love how he does If I Love Again — and the copy in our collection is a Japanese pressing, and we would love an original pressing, someday, when the price is right. 

One of the ones on which we did bid was this: Jackie McLean, Alto Madness, Prestige 7114. Again, we have this in our personal collection, but our copy is the New Jazz reissue (actually, it’s worse than that — it’s really a Status reissue). The vinyl was in VG condition

and the cover was VG+. The price was $113.61. We bid $111.01, so we were close. There’s another copy coming up in the next couple of hours, so we might try again. 

Some of the other items we’ve been watching:

Miles Davis, Quiet Nights, Columbia 2106. This will make it’s debut into the Jazz Collector Price Guide. This was a mono pressing with the 2-eye logo in M- condition. Price: $51

Miles Davis, Steamin’, Prestige 7200. This was an original New Jersey yellow label. The record was VG+ and the cover was M-. Price: $71

Donald Byrd at the Half Note Volume One, Blue Note 4060. This was an original West 63rd Street pressing. The record was VG++ and the cover was VG++. Price: $76.60

Hal McKusick, Triple Exposure, Prestige 7135. This was an original New York yellow label. The record was VG++ and the cover was VG+. Price: $180.50

Kenny Burrell, Earthy, Prestige 7102. This was also an original New York yellow label. Record and cover were listed as M-. Price: $182.50

We don’t have links to any of these records, since most of them have appeared previously on the site with links. We’ll be putting all of these records into the Jazz Collector Price Guide this morning, and, if we get time, we’ll be adding more later today as well. Please stay tuned.