Vinyl Records Top 5 eBay Sales Week Ending 12/29/2007

Top 5 List:

1. LP - Mozart a Paris Oubradous Pathe 7 LP Box Set - $7,230.00 Start: $6,999.00 Bids: 2

2. LP - Bach Suites Andre Levy Lumen 3 LP Box Set - $6,678.00 Start: $2,999.00 Bids: 9

3. 78 - Daddy Moon Hayes "Gang Of Brown Skin Women" / "Two Little Tommie Blues" Gennett - $3,250.00 Start: $8.99 Bids: 24

4. 45 - Aztex "The Streets Of This Town" / "I Said Move" Staff - $3,051.77 Start: $0.99 Bids: 33

5. LP - Sonny Clark "Cool Struttin'" Blue Note - $3,000.00 Start: $3,399.00 Bids: Best Offer

Two classics collections topped this weeks list. First, the very rare Mozart Pathe box set sold in the middle of its range at over $7k. Second, a Bach Lumen box set sold for over $6.5k. A blues 78 from Daddy Moon Hayes came in the #3 spot at over $3k. At #4, a garage Psych gem from Aztex sold for a little over $3k. Another Sonny Clark release shows up in the Top 5 list, coming in at #5, "Cool Struttin'" sold for $3k.

Vinyl Records Top 5 eBay Sales Week Ending 12/22/2007

Top 5 List:

1. 45 - The Honeys "Surfin' Down The Swanee River" / "Shoot The Curl" w/ Picture Sleeve - $3,500.00 Start: $3,500.00 Bids: 1

2. LP - Sonny Clark Blue Note 1592 Test Pressing - $2,689.00 Start: $19.99 Bids: 20

3. LP - Jack Kerouac "Poetry For The Beat Generation" Dot DLP3154 - $2,606.99 Start: $499.00 Bids: 15

4. LP - Can "Monster Movie" Music Factory Original - $2,583.00 Start: $9.99 Bids: 23

5. LP - Bach Solo Sonatas Henryk Szeryng Odeon 3LP Set - $2,137.20 Start: $199.00 Bids: 19

The Brian Wilson produced Honey's 45 with Picture Sleeve topped the list this week, though it sold for less than when it came in the top 5 last month, selling for exactly $3.5k. Next, a Sonny Clark Blue Note test pressing went over the $2.5k mark. Also, someone paid over $2.5k for the rare pressing of the Jack Kerouac LP. In the #4 spot, the wonder Can "Monster Movie" LP sold for hair past $2.5k as well. And last, a Bach box set on Odeon sold for a little over $2k.

Vinyl Records Top 5 eBay Sales Week Ending 12/15/2007

Top 5 List:

1. LP - Ike and Tina Turner "Kings Of Rhythm" Sue - $5,100.00 Start: 9.99 Bids: 17

2. 45 - Yvonne Vernee "Just Like You Did Me"/"I'm In Love" Odeon - $3,000.00 Start: BIN Bids: BIN

3. LP - The Beatles & Frank Ifield "On Stage" - $2,499.00 Start: $9.99 Bids: 14

4. 45 - The Soul Set "Will You Ever Learn" / "Please Don't Make Me Cry" Bi-Me - $1,646.00 Start: $999.00 Bids: 5

5. LP - Queen "A Kind Of Magic" Columbian Blue Vinyl - $1,500.00 Start: $1500.00 Bids: 3

What a difference a death makes! This weeks exemplifies all that is seedy and evil about our business. Hell, it exemplies all that is flawed about humanity, seedy about auctions, and evil about capitalism, and the adage that "something is worth whatever someone will pay for it". (Note: the sale date in the graph is inncorrect, with the correct sale date being 12/13). One day after Ike Turner passed away, the Sue "Kings" LP shot up over $5k, where it normally sells for under $300. This was not exploitation on the part of the seller, who had listed the record on a full seven day auction. I stress in this article that "Kings Of Rhythm" is not so rare it deserves, or will maintain, a $5000 price tag.

Next, a Northern Soul 45 from Yvonne Vernee sold on a buy-it-now for $3k. In the #3 spot, the Frank Ifield & Beatles LP with the rare cover sold for halfway past the $2k range. Another Northern Soul 45 by The Soul Set sold past $1.5k. And last, another one of those colored Columbian Queen LPs sold for $1.5k.

Vinyl Records Top 5 eBay Sales Week Ending 12/08/2007

Top 5 List:


1. 45 - Militia "The Sybling" - $3,000.00 Start: $10.00 Bids: 21


2. LP - The Beatles "Help" Swiss Club Odeon - $2,550.00 Start: $1300.00 Bids: 4


3. LP - The Beatles "Abbey Road" Parlophone - $2,358.00 Start: $1200.00 Bids: 7


4. 45 - Doctor Ross "Chicago Breakdown" / "Come Back Baby" Sun 193 - $2,125.00 Start: $25.00 Bids: 19


5. LP - Tommy Flannigan Trio "Overseas" - $1,729.65 Start: $19.90 Bids: 19


A private press 45 RPM from Texas 80's metal band, Militia, topped this weeks list selling at the $3k mark. The next two spots are occupied with rare Beatle release. The first one, in the the #2 spot is a Swiss fan club Odeon pressing of Help, and the next is one of the rare export Parlophone releases of Abbey Road. As opposed to being released on the Apple label, these records were pressed on the Parlophone label in the UK for markets around the British Commonwealth. The seller of the Abbey Road release claimed this was the rarest of the Parlophone exports, however it is widely held that Yellow Submarine is the rarest of these releases. In the #4 spot, a northern soul 45 from Doctor Ross sold for a little over $2k. And last, a Tommy Flannigan LP sold for under $2k.

Vinyl Records Top 5 eBay Sales Week Ending 12/01/2007

Top 5 List:

1. 45 - The Fix "Vengeance"/"In This Town" - $3,350.00 Start: $10.00 Bids: 26

2. 45 -Elton John "I've Been Loving You" EP PORTUGAL - $2,551.00 Start: $499.99 Bids: 12

3. LP - Tryad "If Only You Believe In Lovin" - $2,499.00 Start: $2,499.00 Bids: BIN

4. LP - Vogue Private Issue Alleluia - $2,445.00 Start: $49.95 Bids: 12

5. 45 - The Chentelles "Be My Queen" / "Time" - $2,045.00 Start: $9.99 Bids: 14

Mostly oddities this week as a rare punk 45 from the Fix took the top spot. A rare Elton John EP was the only seller from somebody everybody else ever heard of. A rare Psych LP came in #3, and the most interesting piece, a one off from the Vogue picture disc company, a private pressing of a church choir with Detroit's Alleluia church face on the A-Side and a picture of the choir on the B-Side sold for almost $2500. A northern soul 45 from the Chentelles made #5 on the list.