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it's a long shot, but does anyone know what a copy of the Allen-Ward Trio on Vanguard sells for? 1965. Stereolab copy. Good shape. I've never actually seen one before. Group with David Rea on guitar. I can't find a copy anywhere online. maybe i'm not looking hard enough. okay, that's not true anymore. found ONE copy on musicstack going for $250. i find that hard to believe.

anyway, this can be an all-purpose thread for questions of price. you see something tempting on someone's wall and yer wondering if its worth yer hard earned cashola.

scott seward, Thursday, 17 September 2009 22:05 (fourteen years ago) link

Can't you price roughly according to genre, label and year and then cross your fingers you didn't screw up?

bamcquern, Thursday, 17 September 2009 23:39 (fourteen years ago) link

i think you should charge $75 or 3x what you paid for it, whichever is higher.

69, Friday, 18 September 2009 02:40 (fourteen years ago) link

There's a copy for $29 here:

http://www.record-eurasia.com/Eng/listproge.html

Thus Sang Freud, Friday, 18 September 2009 11:23 (fourteen years ago) link

what would i do without you, J? wow, they got lots of funky records. and you figure they are all inflated by 5 or 10 bucks on average. soooo, i should sell the copy i have for 15 or so. half of which goes to my brother cuz i dug it out of his crazy stacks. and that is how we work things.

anyway, like i said, issues of price and $$$$ can go on this thread.

scott seward, Friday, 18 September 2009 16:30 (fourteen years ago) link

Would so shop at your store because all of the prices you quote are so reasonable.

bamcquern, Friday, 18 September 2009 18:52 (fourteen years ago) link

cool I was just thinking that we needed a thread like this here.

sleeve, Friday, 18 September 2009 22:52 (fourteen years ago) link

three weeks pass...

what should i charge for a nice copy of black flag's everything went black WITH the poster and the sticker? is 25 bucks too much?

scott seward, Monday, 12 October 2009 19:53 (fourteen years ago) link

depends on yer clientele! you said punk records are hot sellers in yer shop cuz, so i'd say go for $25 and if it sits for a week or two move it down to $20.

ian, Monday, 12 October 2009 20:01 (fourteen years ago) link

you know what, i'm gonna go with 20. i think that's fair. and i'll make someone's month. first pressing without the black flag on the cover goes for about 20. nice to see one with the sticker though. very cool. kinda want to stick it somewhere.

scott seward, Monday, 12 October 2009 20:05 (fourteen years ago) link

all i really need are sun ra records, punk records, and bob dylan records and i will be in business forever apparently.

scott seward, Monday, 12 October 2009 20:06 (fourteen years ago) link

sounds about right yeah..

ian, Monday, 12 October 2009 20:12 (fourteen years ago) link

do ppl like the byrds up in greenfield? we sell the fuck outta byrds records.

ian, Monday, 12 October 2009 20:13 (fourteen years ago) link

they don't "fly" out the door, hahaha, but they do okay. zep, doors, beatles, are all, duh, good.

scott seward, Monday, 12 October 2009 20:28 (fourteen years ago) link

i have so many byrds records its not funny...how much is my Arp Art record supposed to sell for?

danbunny, Tuesday, 13 October 2009 02:42 (fourteen years ago) link

noone ever responded to my query about my p diddy 12" f*^$ y'all nig&%$s..th lox diss track..its a dj copy on bad boy.."This track was previously unreleased and recorded way back when Diddy had beef with the LOX & Shyne wasn’t in prison. Track was produced by Kanye West & ghost written by Shyne!"...whats it worth?

danbunny, Tuesday, 13 October 2009 02:48 (fourteen years ago) link

maybe nobody knows. start it on ebay at 49.99.

scott seward, Tuesday, 13 October 2009 02:56 (fourteen years ago) link

i dunno abt value but apparently the beat on the diddy track was done by a young kanye west, which might help sell it.

ian, Tuesday, 13 October 2009 03:01 (fourteen years ago) link

your mum was done by a young kanye west amirite

sound of contusion (electricsound), Tuesday, 13 October 2009 03:02 (fourteen years ago) link

sorry, i just couldn't help it :(

sound of contusion (electricsound), Tuesday, 13 October 2009 03:02 (fourteen years ago) link

but to have no precedent anywheres on th wheb is wheird...yeah..i got skunked twice by bidders on my raekwon cassette..what do they just sign up to bid and then vanish..wheird..oops wrong thread

danbunny, Tuesday, 13 October 2009 03:03 (fourteen years ago) link

i bet some japanese website has a whole paragraph abt it.

ian, Tuesday, 13 October 2009 03:04 (fourteen years ago) link

^^^ not racist, just tryin to big-up the japanese for their supreme record nerdery.

ian, Tuesday, 13 October 2009 03:05 (fourteen years ago) link

popsike thinks that my shocking blue s/t on colossus (vg+ cover, vg++/nm- record) is worth more than $50. sweet, i paid almost dick for it!

69, Tuesday, 20 October 2009 00:07 (fourteen years ago) link

i sold a frank sinatra CD a few weeks ago for $200, y'all. just sayin.

amateurist, Tuesday, 20 October 2009 01:17 (fourteen years ago) link

how much is my Arp Art record supposed to sell for?

The Elias Tanenbaum record? I bought mine for $1, I've never seen it for more than like $5.

scourge of prometheus, toaster of marshmallows (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 20 October 2009 03:15 (fourteen years ago) link

three weeks pass...

a copy of the faust tapes, virgin pressing, with the outer plastic bag sleeve from the recommended records pressing? to make things weirder, the inserts from "So Far" were stuffed inside the outer plastic bag.

thinkin of putting it on the wall for $40?

ian, Wednesday, 11 November 2009 18:52 (fourteen years ago) link

is it worth more than an original u.k. pressing? cuz those sell for like 30 on ebay. but maybe it is. might actually be harder to find than a u.k. virgin copy.

scott seward, Wednesday, 11 November 2009 21:16 (fourteen years ago) link

last one on popsike seems to have gone for 30 some-odd euros or pounds or someshit. i'm gonna hold on to it and see if i can find the right pressing to match it up.

ian, Wednesday, 11 November 2009 21:57 (fourteen years ago) link

i got the rec records version two years ago at wfmu for $20. i dont know why it would go up if your mixing two pressings. yeah i'd hold on to it.

sanskrit, Wednesday, 11 November 2009 23:53 (fourteen years ago) link

this is sort of a place holder, since when i am less tired i can go into a big rant, but the owner of "strictly discs" in madison, wisconsin is the most assholish record-store owner i have ever encountered. today he gave me a 10-minute lecture about LP pricing (which made no sense natch). sort of a record-store equivalent of a used-car salesman. fuck that guy.

figuratively, but in a very real way (amateurist), Friday, 13 November 2009 02:11 (fourteen years ago) link

and god bless you scott and other mensch-y record store owners of the world.

figuratively, but in a very real way (amateurist), Friday, 13 November 2009 02:12 (fourteen years ago) link

some people are just really out of touch. they're hard to deal with cuz they really think they know what they're talking about but are so often guided by things like goldmine & record collector magazine. something is only worth as much as you can sell it for--i don't care if yer seventies elvis picture sleeve is "mint" it ain't worth more than a couple bucks.

ian, Friday, 13 November 2009 05:52 (fourteen years ago) link

i just sold an elvis picture disc for 15 bucks. i gave the guy a good overall deal for the stuff he bought though. i LOVE older collectors who buy the chubby checker records i've had sitting around forever. and the annette funicello 45s. god bless them for real!

scott seward, Friday, 13 November 2009 12:22 (fourteen years ago) link

okay, price-check for real:

i've got a mono sgt. pepper with surface scratch issues - meaning it doesn't look really pretty but it plays okay. cover is fine. doesn't have inserts. 30 bucks?

scott seward, Friday, 13 November 2009 12:28 (fourteen years ago) link

US or UK?

Mark G, Friday, 13 November 2009 13:57 (fourteen years ago) link

Also, does it have the multicoloured inner sleeve?

Funny, combine two of the above: I recently bout ChubCheck's "Let's Twist Again" album, original green parlophone UK, and the inner sleeve was the very same multicoloured Sgt Pepper inner!

Mark G, Friday, 13 November 2009 13:59 (fourteen years ago) link

http://www.norwegianwood.org/beatles/disko/lp/images/pepper3.jpg

It looks like this.

Mark G, Friday, 13 November 2009 14:00 (fourteen years ago) link

it actually has a sleeve promoting a capitol records songwriting contest! which i've never seen before. and its a u.s. copy. early capitol pressing.

scott seward, Friday, 13 November 2009 16:06 (fourteen years ago) link

OK, I don't know.

I believe the Capitol ones had the sleeve above as well, so here goes:

The Beatles albums sold plenty when first out, so they are only worth decent sums if they are close to excellent in appearance and play quality, sleeve/inners (and insert) included. (Prices go exponential the closer they get to mint)

30 bucks sounds a bit high for yours. Check e-bay completed auctions is yr best bet.

Mark G, Friday, 13 November 2009 16:13 (fourteen years ago) link

i'd say closer to $20 for a VG mono peppers. is the jacket in nice shape? inserts?

ian, Friday, 13 November 2009 16:31 (fourteen years ago) link

yeah i had second thoughts last night and decided that 20 was more like it. no inserts. jacket is in good shape though.

scott seward, Friday, 13 November 2009 16:40 (fourteen years ago) link

i just don't see them much around. most stores put their nice copies up for auction. so i was gonna go a little high just cuz...i don't know why. cuz i don't see them for sale around here! but i think 20 will equal quick sale/happy customer.

scott seward, Friday, 13 November 2009 16:43 (fourteen years ago) link

found a minty hendrix r u experienced early reprise stereo (tri-color label, blah, blah) and put 20 on that. have NO misgivings there. clean early stereo hendrix albums i hardly ever find. cuz people liked to party with jimi.

scott seward, Friday, 13 November 2009 16:45 (fourteen years ago) link

people STILL like to party with jimi.

ian, Friday, 13 November 2009 16:59 (fourteen years ago) link

sealed copies of the Howling Hex's "Section 2" and "Return Of The Third Tower"??

wondering what to start them at on ebay.

sleeve, Wednesday, 18 November 2009 00:20 (fourteen years ago) link

return of the third tower was available earlier this year on the drag city website, but isn't now. maybe they found warehouse copies? it wasn't just a glitch, though, cause i got one!

i mean, i think that you should start most stuff that you expect to sell for $10-50 at 9.99... lots of people here have more experience selling than me, though, so im curious to see what everyone else thinks.

69, Wednesday, 18 November 2009 00:50 (fourteen years ago) link

i sold some extra copies of the trio on ebay earlier this year. #1 went for $20-something, the others for around $10. i should have sold them a couple years back when they were going for $60-$70 per. oh well. missed the boat on my murder city devils LPs too.

jØrdån (omar little), Wednesday, 18 November 2009 00:52 (fourteen years ago) link

also some fliers: 9:30 club 1985, Wax Museum (DC) 1982, PIL 1982, "new wave night" 1980, ramones 1985, and a couple of mimeo zines?

The XTC poster is printed on glossy cardstock (one color) but I was thinking about $5 each for the fliers since they are basically photocopies

Lineup at the Wax Museum: Tommy Keene / Richard Thompson, Danny O'Keefe and Chris Smither / Commander Cody / Cris Williamson Plus Tret Fure & Vicki Randle / Ramones / Touchstone featuring Chick Corea & Paco DeLucia / The Producers / Monarch / The Roches / Iggy Pop plus Nash the Slash / Crystal Ship A Renaissance Of The Doors Plus The Liquid Light Show / Chuck Mangione and His Quartet / Jonathan Edwards and Friends with Special Guest Robert Hunter / Rosanne Cash / Blotto / Willie Dixon & John Lee Hooker

los blue jeans, Saturday, 20 October 2012 04:13 (eleven years ago) link

i would like a chris smither flier.

i guess i'd just rather listen to canned heat? (ian), Saturday, 20 October 2012 04:59 (eleven years ago) link

the "chris smither" part takes up about 1 x 1/2 inches of the flier- but if you want it stop by my table

los blue jeans, Sunday, 21 October 2012 18:34 (eleven years ago) link

three months pass...

what's a good price for an original VU & Nico LP (stereo) -- banana is intact (just a cut right under the stem) -- plays VG (crackly)?

vinyljunkie, Thursday, 7 February 2013 16:41 (eleven years ago) link

$50? $60? then look for a clean bananaless copy, sell the bananaless cover w the VG record for $20 or something, and BAM you gotta tight keeper copy.

69, Friday, 8 February 2013 17:51 (eleven years ago) link

(feel like ^^this post was pretty personal for some reason? like i shared something about myself)

69, Friday, 8 February 2013 17:52 (eleven years ago) link

next level.

nerve_pylon, Friday, 8 February 2013 19:19 (eleven years ago) link

four months pass...

how do i tell if the sealed bare knuckles OST i have is orig or reissue?
i cannot find this info on da internet. at first i just assumed it was orig cuz i didn't realize a bootleg existed. but now i think it's prob the bootleg. but i have no idea.

i guess i'd just rather listen to canned heat? (ian), Saturday, 6 July 2013 21:43 (ten years ago) link

what about these 4 lomax ballad hunter library of congress records i have. do i just slap 20 bucks on them or should i ebay? none for sale on ebay which is a good sign.

scott seward, Sunday, 7 July 2013 03:10 (ten years ago) link

those ballad hunter records are rare but i don't think they're particularly desirable.. i bought my complete set for $50.

i guess i'd just rather listen to canned heat? (ian), Sunday, 7 July 2013 03:15 (ten years ago) link

ended up cracking the seal on the bare knuckles LP. inner sleeve and label both giveaways that it's the reissue. oh well.

i guess i'd just rather listen to canned heat? (ian), Sunday, 7 July 2013 17:38 (ten years ago) link

anthems in eden by Shirley and dolly Collins: $25 a fair price? I spotted a copy at a nearby shop.

christmas candy bar (al leong), Saturday, 20 July 2013 20:42 (ten years ago) link

seems fair to me! i think i paid around $20 for mine. great record.

i guess i'd just rather listen to canned heat? (ian), Saturday, 20 July 2013 20:45 (ten years ago) link

it's really not something that turns up very often, in my experience. still need a copy of "love, death and the lady."

i guess i'd just rather listen to canned heat? (ian), Saturday, 20 July 2013 20:45 (ten years ago) link

oh god i just felt my heart squeeze a little -- there are copies of either of those floating around out there? would buy in an instant!!

free your spirit pig (La Lechera), Sunday, 21 July 2013 15:12 (ten years ago) link

they both got US pressings on Harvest!

i guess i'd just rather listen to canned heat? (ian), Sunday, 21 July 2013 19:33 (ten years ago) link

but they didn't sell very well, i guess, and i don't see 'em very often. i've seen anthems in eden several times but love/death neeevvvver. i think my buddy has one maybe..

i guess i'd just rather listen to canned heat? (ian), Sunday, 21 July 2013 19:34 (ten years ago) link

yeah but i have never seen either -- i just can't imagine walking away from anthems in eden regardless of price or reissue status. would buy in an instant!! it's one of my favorites.

free your spirit pig (La Lechera), Monday, 22 July 2013 04:34 (ten years ago) link

did you ever get around to reading shirley's book, "america across the water"? i think you'd love it.

i guess i'd just rather listen to canned heat? (ian), Monday, 22 July 2013 15:39 (ten years ago) link

also it looks like i was wrong abt love death and the lady.. no US pressing on that one. there was a reissue by BGO though. but also an import.

i guess i'd just rather listen to canned heat? (ian), Monday, 22 July 2013 15:49 (ten years ago) link

i read it when it came out! on my <3 honeymoon <3 of all things.

free your spirit pig (La Lechera), Monday, 22 July 2013 16:06 (ten years ago) link

I bought anthems of eden using st0re cred1t.

christmas candy bar (al leong), Tuesday, 23 July 2013 16:35 (ten years ago) link

you should sell it to me

free your spirit pig (La Lechera), Tuesday, 23 July 2013 19:32 (ten years ago) link

for actual currency

free your spirit pig (La Lechera), Tuesday, 23 July 2013 19:33 (ten years ago) link

(j/k but i hope you enjoy it! probably in my top 3 favorites, the medley at the beginning is the best medley ever)

free your spirit pig (La Lechera), Tuesday, 23 July 2013 19:33 (ten years ago) link

i'm not opposed to a sale in the future, though i am enjoying it!

christmas candy bar (al leong), Wednesday, 24 July 2013 00:13 (ten years ago) link

if i ever see another copy, la lechera will be the first to know.

i guess i'd just rather listen to canned heat? (ian), Wednesday, 24 July 2013 00:18 (ten years ago) link

Yaaaaay my peoples on the streets

free your spirit pig (La Lechera), Wednesday, 24 July 2013 00:19 (ten years ago) link

still patting myself on the back for my $1 yard sale acquisition of 'adieu to old england' a couple years back

christmas candy bar (al leong), Wednesday, 24 July 2013 00:20 (ten years ago) link

^^^^ excellent score!!

i guess i'd just rather listen to canned heat? (ian), Wednesday, 24 July 2013 00:25 (ten years ago) link

i got a copy of "Sweet England" for $6 from a rekkerd dealer but had to sell it cuz i needed da money.

i guess i'd just rather listen to canned heat? (ian), Wednesday, 24 July 2013 00:25 (ten years ago) link

Yknow speaking of price checks, I just came upon a copy of an Early Music Consort of London record (w David Munrow) that was still shrink wrapped and priced at $2?! It's Pleasures of the Royal Court. Whaaaaa?

free your spirit pig (La Lechera), Wednesday, 24 July 2013 00:42 (ten years ago) link

that's not terribly underpriced, really. there are a lot of 'early music' records out there and not too many people collecting that stuff. you can get tons of similar stuff on the Music Heritage Society label for just a few bucks.

i guess i'd just rather listen to canned heat? (ian), Wednesday, 24 July 2013 00:51 (ten years ago) link

Ahaaaaa...all the better for me, then! I got The Art of the Netherlands box for like $6 not too long ago.

free your spirit pig (La Lechera), Wednesday, 24 July 2013 01:27 (ten years ago) link

thanks for reminding me, I meant to start a Musical Heritage Society thread

loudoun reston herndon munich (los blue jeans), Monday, 29 July 2013 05:11 (ten years ago) link

why it always pays to do your homework. i was gonna keep this record. it sounded nice. i like 50's stuff. hard sell in the store. as an afterthought i looked at what it had been selling for. its sells for quite a bit! who knew?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/MARTY-PAICH-Get-Boot-Out-You-LP-RARE-OG-Mono-Warner-Brothers-Jazz-Nice-/231010549149

scott seward, Monday, 29 July 2013 15:31 (ten years ago) link

would smash.

i got this cool fifties record yesterday for $2.
http://www.offtherecord.ie/images/PETE%20%20MYERS%20183.JPG

skott you should really check out my guys at YESTERDAY'S NEWS in Riverside, RI sometime. crazy dude who runs an antique store but also has tons of record, most of which are $1. and he gives you bulk discounts on top of that. hit or miss, but if you get to him at the right time there are lots of gems. i bought a bunch of 'fake latin' records. cha cha, mambo stuff. mancini goes latin.

i guess i'd just rather listen to canned heat? (ian), Monday, 29 July 2013 17:19 (ten years ago) link

i need to go to lots of places but i never have time to go anywhere. and i always have too much to handle for little old me. but i like going places in theory.

scott seward, Monday, 29 July 2013 17:29 (ten years ago) link

boobies have saved the $$$ value of many a terrible record.

moe handy, Monday, 29 July 2013 18:11 (ten years ago) link

yeah i don't actually know if its the cheesecake factor with that record. might just be a known audiophile thing. it did sound very nice. good record all around.

scott seward, Monday, 29 July 2013 18:13 (ten years ago) link

this is the one you want to find though.

http://www.popsike.com/The-Marty-Paich-Quartet-featuring-Art-Pepper-Orig-Ed1-Tampa-Red-vinyl-NMcond/280986862970.html

scott seward, Monday, 29 July 2013 18:14 (ten years ago) link

this one too though. if you saw it would you say oh yeah that's definitely a 300 dollar record:

http://www.popsike.com/Marty-PaichBroadway-BitWarner-Bros-1296ART-PEPPER/4736775134.html

would you even buy it for five bucks if you saw it? i bet you wouldn't.

scott seward, Monday, 29 July 2013 18:16 (ten years ago) link

well now you would...

scott seward, Monday, 29 July 2013 18:16 (ten years ago) link

two months pass...

sealed copy of School of Seven Bells "Alpinisms"

― van smack, Thursday, August 30, 2012 11:46 PM (1 year ago)

sold it for $48!

van smack, Thursday, 17 October 2013 00:09 (ten years ago) link

one year passes...

partially peeled butcher cover of Yesterday And Today, mono, vinyl VG-, cover VG at least except for botched peel job, original inner sleeve

?? I just wanna sell it I think

sleeve, Saturday, 7 February 2015 21:56 (nine years ago) link

throw it up for auction on ebay. cross your fingers. start it at $99.99.

scott seward, Sunday, 8 February 2015 00:19 (nine years ago) link

ha I guessed $100, gonna try and just do a quick flip at the big record show next weekend

sleeve, Sunday, 8 February 2015 00:39 (nine years ago) link

seven months pass...

private press LP

"You Can't Have Your Future Till Tomorrow"

by

Tina Christine and Questor

from my friend:

"It's not on a label but produced by Sound City Studio in Shreveport, Louisiana. It's autographed by Tina and is a 1970s female vocal/soft rock album with some grooves and covers and sample-able moments on keys. There is no discogs page, or popsike or anything. Only hits online are asking $150 but no other info. I kno ppl collect shit like this and get boned up on private press stuff. Any ideas? "

FB pic here:

https://scontent.fsnc1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpt1/v/t1.0-9/12038041_10102648669691559_5828610149462816274_n.jpg?oh=8f4cb43de2c6b0dbe97e0c4f7ded83b7&oe=56A2C34F

sleeve, Thursday, 1 October 2015 15:23 (eight years ago) link

they should upload it to youtube. then it will be known. and then wait. and then sell it.

scott seward, Thursday, 1 October 2015 16:09 (eight years ago) link

thanks! just helping a guy out, he was on a crate digging road trip

sleeve, Thursday, 1 October 2015 16:24 (eight years ago) link


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