Vinyl Records Top 5 eBay Sales Week Ending 03/01/2008

Top 5 List:

1. LP - Queen "The Works" Columbia Red Vinyl - $4,999.99 Start: $4,999.99 Bids: 1

2. LP - Michele Auclair Schubert: "Complete Works For Violin And Piano" Erato STE 50136 - $3,000.00 Start: $199.99 Bids: 18

3. 45 - The Five Tinos "Sitting My Window" / "Don Do That" SUN 222 - $2,851.89 Start: $199.99 Bids: 10

4. 45 - Ernie Johnson "I Can't Stop The Pain" / "These Very Tender Moments" Artco - $2,094.69 Start: $4.00 Bids: $5.99

5. LP - The Velvet Underground & Nico Mono w/ Torso Cover - $2,025.00 Start: $0.99 Bids: 29

The Queen colored vinyl pressings from Columbia continue to bring high bids, as the #1 spot is taken by a red vinyl pressing of "The Works", selling for just below $5k. Next, at $3k, comes a rare LP from France of Shubert's violin music. The Five Tinos get bid up past $2.5k with a rare 45 on the Sun label. A Northern Soul 45 makes the #4 spot with Ernie Johnson's record bidding over $2k. And last, a mono Velvet Underground an Nico LP also bids over $2k.

Vinyl Records Top 5 eBay Sales Week Ending 02/23/2008

Top 5 List:


1. 45 - Bruce Springsteen "Spirit In The Night" / "For You" Columbia - $5,100.00 Start: $5.99 Bids: 25

2. LP - Phafner "Overdrive" Dragon - $5,000.00 Start: $5,000.00 Bids: 1

3. 45 - The Squires "The Sultan" / "Aurora" V - $4,161.00 Start: $4,000.00 Bids: 2

4. 45 - U2 "All I Want Is You" Purple Vinyl - $4,058.00 Start: $4,058.00 Bids: BIN

5. LP - Beatles "Please, Please Me" Parlophone - $3,850.00 Start: $1,000.00 Bids: 15


Other than one rare ghost, this weeks list contains gods, and some novel contrasts. The rarest of Bruce Springsteen's 45's gets the #1 spot, bidding from $6 to just over $5k. Selling for $100 less is the ghost in this weeks list, a rare psych LP from Phafner. In the #3 spot, the 45 by Neil Young's first band, The Squires, sells for over $4k. The selling price for the Squires 45 is the highest eBay price on record, though bidding started at $4k, and the item received 2 bids. Again, going $100 lower, a rare U2 45 sells for just over $4k. The #5 spot goes to the Beatles and a "Please, Please Me" LP on Parlophone.

Vinyl Records Top 5 eBay Sales Week Ending 02/16/2008

Top 5 List:

1. 45 - Dub Pritchett & The Rock-A-Taires "Five O'Clock Hop" / "Be Gone When I Come Home Tonight" Peaceful Valley 402 - $2,605.00 Start: $9.99 Bids: 20

2. LP - Elvis Presley "1969 International Hotel" Box Set - $2,500.00 Start: $2,500.00 Bids: BIN

3. 78 - Vogue Picture Record R 715 (Error) - $2,247.00 Start: $9.95 Bids: 24

4. LP - Analogy (self titled) - $2,185.00 Start: $1,400.00 Bids: 4

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Not knowing what date it is can be a bitch, especially if the date you need to remember was over a month ago. So, this list is corrupt as last weeks #1 mistakenly found itself unnoticed at the top of this weeks list. The information for this week long gone makes for a top 4. First, an ultra-rare Rockabilly 45 makes #1, selling for over $2.5K. Next, an Elvis box set sells on a Buy-It-now for exactly $2.5k. A rare errored Vogue picture disc gets the #4 spot selling for over $2k. And an Italian prog LP from Analogy gets #4 bidding up a little over $2k.

Vinyl Records Top 5 eBay Sales Week Ending 02/09/2008

Top 5 List:


1. LP - Bob Dylan "Blood On The Tracks" Vinyl Test Pressing - $4,999.99 Start: $499.00 Bids: 20

2. 45 - Soul Brothers Inc "Teardrops" / "Salem" - $4,494.44 Start: $9.99 Bids: 28

3. 78 - Bix Beiderbecke test pressing "Thou Swell" - $3,000.00 Start: $0.99 Bids: 25

4. 78 - Robert Johnson test pressing Vocalion DAL 402-1 - $2,550.00 Start: $19.99 Bids: 20

5. 78 - Ramblin' Thomas "So Lonesome" / "Lock And Key Blues" Paramount 12637 - $2,481.78 Start: $19.99 Bids: 15


Many test pressings make the top 5 this week. First, a Bob Dylan "Blood On The Tracks" test pressing sells for a penny under $5k. In the #2 spot a Northern Soul 45, Soul Brothers Inc's "Teardrops", comes about $5 under the #1 spot. The second testing pressing to make this weeks list, and one of three 78's, a Bix Beiderbecke record, "Thou Swell", bids up to $3k. A Robert Johnson test pressing lands in the #4 spot, getting a little over $2.5k. And in the #5 spot, a 1920's 78 by Delta bluesman Ramblin' Thomas sells for around $2.5k.