Clueless ebay buyers

Outside_Lookin_in said:
Wow! 2 bidders have just pushed up the value of what was a $30 record to $700! How should I reflect this in my database?
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Like a bell curve. Knock out the highest and lowest.

I'll bet these are two internet-born and bred collectors who've probably never gone to a record show or bought from a non-internet dealer, and so have no clue as to value or scarcity. Otherwise they'd know how scarce this is not.
I once saw a local dealer at a Connecticut show in the 2000s with a cheap pile of these that I passed on, figuring I could never sell that many (don't recall the exact price, but it wasn't cheap enough for me to take the risk so I turned Nadolney onto them and got a freebie for my "services").

JustI saw someone selling a copy earlier this week (Waxidermy, I think) who I was going to tell that his $50 price tag was too much. Now maybe I have to tell him he's way underselling it. :rolleyes:
 
I still say the weird prices are evidence of a money laundering front for the mob! :cool:

P.S.: Read the new book about Bert Berns by Joel Selvin. Almost made me want to ditch my Bang label T-shirt!
 
I read the book, and it's a good read, but while Selvin pads out Berns' story with general talk of the sleazy NY record world, I was left wondering what happened to Bang after he died, the story behind Van Morrison's contractual obligation songs (Ring Worm, Want a Danish, etc) and some other loose ends.
 
Seems like yesterday that this LP was in the cut out bin for $3.99 (duplicates I recall) , along with Every Mother's Son, Clear Light and some later Hermans Hermits. Wish I could go back in time to that old chain department store called "Zayers."
 
Seems to be a bit of deception going on with a "second press" of Come On by The Atlantics. Saw this copy sell for $130 a couple of weeks ago, and now another copy at $53 with 5 days to go. Both listed by sellers who generally auction vintage records, so although it's not explicitly stated, the listings are open to be interpreted as being for mid 60s second pressings. However it looks to me that the records being auctioned are this 2014 reissue. I can see this reissue available new from Red Eye records in Sydney for $18, something the sellers neglect to mention ...
 
You can easily tell the reissue, because it has a different "inner ring" than the original. Here is the original

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The reissue does not have the same 2mm concentric welt or circle. It has a thin single circle. Also the original (at least my copy) has a "Southern Music Sydney" stamp. But i can't guarantee that each and every original copy has that stamp.

Another difference I have noticed, is that the "45" at the top of the reissue label is not properly centered between the words "BY" and "FESTIVAL", that is

the original looks like this

BY45FESTIVAL

but the reissue looks like this

BY45 FESTIVAL
 
Some people are very willing to pay $50 or $100 for what they know is a repro. They want the song on 45 with a facsimile label with good sound. The sellers were deceptive in calling this a 2nd press rather than a repro, but the buyers may not have been deceived at all.
 
chas_kit said:
Some people are very willing to pay $50 or $100 for what they know is a repro. They want the song on 45 with a facsimile label with good sound. The sellers were deceptive in calling this a 2nd press rather than a repro, but the buyers may not have been deceived at all.
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So why pay $130 when it's available for $18?
 
Michael W said:
Seems to be a bit of deception going on with a "second press" of Come On by The Atlantics. Saw this copy sell for $130 a couple of weeks ago, and now another copy at $53 with 5 days to go. Both listed by sellers who generally auction vintage records, so although it's not explicitly stated, the listings are open to be interpreted as being for mid 60s second pressings. However it looks to me that the records being auctioned are this 2014 reissue. I can see this reissue available new from Red Eye records in Sydney for $18, something the sellers neglect to mention ...
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Definitely some deception with the $ 130 copy , the sticker smudge is supposed to make it look more authentic .
 
Wasnt this just what people assumed would happen when these "exact repros" were announced? I dont agree w/ Chris that the $130-bidder couldnt be bothered. I'd say he was fooled by a crooked dealer who had the advantage of a hard-to-distinguish repro on his side. Still don't see why a reissue-label wouldn't stop this by altering the label in an unobtrusive but distinct way.
 
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