Vinyl Records Top 5 eBay Sales Week Ending 08/25/2007

A very rare mono promo of Jimi Hendrix's Axis Bold As Love LP topped eBay auctions this week, selling for $3,500.01. The record was a white label promo on Reprise and is considered the rarest of Jimi Hendrix LP releases. The seller received 5 bids from a starting bid of $1,999.00.

Coming in the #2 spot, a U2 3 track "Out Of Control" 12" single sold for $2,551.00, receiving 19 bids from a starting bid of $500.00. This close was less than half that of the copy that topped the week ending 7/28.

A Northern Soul 45 made the #3 spot. Joe Jama's "'My Life" / "Sleep Late My Lady Friend" on the Optimum label sold for $2,325.00 receiving 25 bids from a starting bid of only $0.99.

Next, another Northern Soul record, The Grovettes' "Ain't A Thing You Can Do About It" / "Think It Over Baby" closed at $2,249.99. The record opened at $500.00 and received 16 bids.

In the the #5 spot, Nivana's "Love Buzz" single sold for $1,825.01, receiving 21 bids from a starting bid of $499.99.

Vinyl Records Top 5 eBay Sales Week Ending 08/18/2007

Queen beat The Beatles, Blues legends and Elvis for the top sale on eBay last week. A blue vinyl Columbian pressing of The Works LP sold for $5,001.55 with 16 bids from a starting bid of $400.01.

A rare Vee Jay #498, Beatles "Please, Please Me" / "Ask Me Why" sold in the #2 spot for $4,500.00. This mint condition 45 received 6 bids from a starting bid of $2,250.00. Next, a Lightning Hopkins Mojo Hand LP on the Fire label sold for $3,070.00 with 20 bids from a starting bid of $75.99.

In the #4 spot landed a Robert Johnson 78 RPM record, "Kind Hearted Woman Blues" / "Terraplane Blues", sold for $2,711.45, receiving 19 bids from a starting bid of $100.00.

And last, Elvis makes the top 5 for the second week in a row. "That's All Right Mama" / "Blue Moon Of Kentucky" on the Sun label sold for $2,500.00 with 18 bids from a starting bid of $1.04.

Vinyl Records Top 5 eBay Sales Week Ending 08/11/2007

Last week was another White Album week. An acetate of The Beatles White Album sold for $5,477.77 receiving 26 bids from a starting bid of $20.00, and this was for just 1/2 of the White Album, a single EMI acetate which had different mixes of some of the songs. The trend in Beatles records seems to be high-value moving from the Butcher Cover to low numbered and one-offs of The White Album.

Two Northern Soul records tied for the #2 spot. A 45 by The Celebrities, "I Chose You Baby" / "I Chose You Baby (Instr)", on Boss Records sold for $4,550.00, with 21 bids from a starting bid of $37.87. And a Ted Wilson 45, "I Can't Take No More" / "My Aim Is To Please", sold for the same $4550.00 receving 25 bids from a starting bid of $99.00.

Next, another Beatles acetate, this one of "I Saw Her Standing There" (the version on the UK Please Please Me LP) closed at auction for $3,350.00, getting 39 bids from a starting bid of $20.00.

Elvis says hello in the #4 spot, with a Chicken-Of-The-Sea employee promo copy of the "Aloha From Hawaii" LP selling for $2,912.00. The LP received 27 bids from a starting bid of $80.00. This copy was sealed with the Chicken-Of-The-Sea promo sticker on the shrink wrap. Well, why not.

And the most interesting piece of music history for the week sold in the #5 spot. The 1st single, actually 2 singles forming a story cycle packaged in a Christmas card, from the legendary Residents,"Santa Dog", sold on a Buy-It-Now for $2,600.00.

Vinyl Records Top 5 eBay Sales Week Ending 08/04/2007

In a switch from the Rock Gods of two weeks ago, a big lotta jazz and blues made the top 5 eBay record sales last week. First, Roland Kirk's LP Triple Treat on King closed for $2,878.28 with 13 bids from a starting bid of $5.99. Right behind Roland Kirk, selling for $2,850.00 was a Little Willie Johnson 45 RPM "My Heart Is Yours" / "Boomerang Thing" on PJ Records. This 45 received 11 bids from a starting bid of $99.00.

A Blues 78 RPM record came in the #3 spot. Blind Willie McTell with "Stole Rider Blues" / "Mr. McTell's Got The Blues" on the Victor label sold for $2,252.00 with 24 bids from a starting bid of $150.00. While I can only speak from instinct at the moment (and I plan to do some research and write a blog article on the subject), it seems Blues 78's have become a very hot item in recent months, and might in fact be right behind Northern Soul 45's in the overall record-collecting-scheme-of-things. Next in line at #4, Lightning Hopkins Mojo Hand LP on the Fire label sold for $2000.00 on a Buy-It-Now.

The #5 spot was taken by a Northern Soul 45 RPM record. Frankie Lymon, "I'm Sorry" / "Sea Breeze" on the Maseda label closed for $1,691.00 with 5 bids from a starting bid of $1,111,11.