Sunday, May 15, 2011

Vinyl Records Top 5 eBay Sales Week Ending 05/14/2011

Several rare jazz/funk records make the list this week, with Brazil's Arthur Verocai's self-titled record getting the #1 spot. A blues 78 makes the list, the first time for a "Black Birds Of Paradise" record. And the test pressing for Sprinsteen's "Born To Run" which used a different script in the title than the released version makes the Top 5 for the second time, the first being in 2008.

1. LP - Arthur Verocai "self titled" continental Brazil Pressing - $5,100.00

2. 78 - Black Birds Of Paradise "Muddy Water" / "Sugar" Gennett 6211 - $4,500.00

3. LP - Uncle Funkenstein "Together Again" - $4,060.00

4. LP - George Szell "Beethoven Choral Symphony" Columbia SAX 2512/3 UK Pressing - $2,549.47

5. LP - Bruce Springsteen "Born To Run" Test Pressing Script jacket - $2,125.00

More on this week's top 5 on Vinyl Record Talk, Tuesday 8:00PM Eastern / 5:00PM Pacific on Radio Dentata.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

all the people that Vote and Fund eBay is amazing to me !

Unknown said...

Let me try to de-maze you. Not sure what "Vote and Fund" eBay means, but if you wonder why so many people use eBay while many complain about eBay in some way (often while being the same users of eBay too), I'll use the following anecdote:

It's like Walmart. One of the regional chains from the 60s and 70s was going to become "Walmart", evolve into an the national discount retailer of supreme efficiency. Walmart did. Not Jamesway. Not Gemco. Something was going become eBay. eBay did. uBid didn't. And exactly what is Walmart and what is eBay? - a place most everyone goes at some time for some thing, like it or not.

We spend about a month a year on road buying inventory. We rent a cargo van and travel light and keep it light. That means few clothes, little food. I don't care about Walmart per se, but I love that it exists. $5 t-shirts, $1 protein bars, usually by the interstate and near the motel row.

eBay is always there, someone is always selling, someone is always buying.