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[bosshoss]

Copies of this 45 on Demo are around, must have been a quantity find recently.
When people I don't even know contact me with offers to sell mint copies, I know it must be quite a sizeable haul!

Anyone have info?

 

[gregk25]

FL dealer had an EX copy up v. recently, auction was ended early. Allegedly it's only this one copy, now upgraded to NM, being shopped around...

 

[bosshoss]

Yeah, it's starting to look that way! After what happened with The Savoys on Orlyn, I'm probably a little paranoid about people offering me m- copies of ultra rare 45s!

 

[Monster Mike]

All the same copy. Auction ended early for a set sale price. Seller had downgraded the record on the listing due past experiences.

 

[Monster Mike]

Copies of this 45 on Demo are around, must have been a quantity find recently.
When people I don't even know contact me with offers to sell mint copies, I know it must be quite a sizeable haul!

Anyone have info?

Quick story on how i came to offer it you, Mark. I was pointing out that a record on Greg's list was on a Facebook group. I asked if he was interested and said it wasn't in his budget. He then mentioned that I should contact you directly as you needed an upgrade. Not sure why that would be suggested if there was a worry that quantity could have been found!?!?
I was under the assumption that you knew who I was since you had sent me a friend request.

 

[bosshoss]

No worries, Mike. Thanks for the offer.

I didn't know who you were, I'm sorry. I can't remember sending a friend request either,. I'm not a big Facebook user and I think I've only ever sent one friend request in my entire life, to someone who had a really cool looking Facebook page that I stumbled onto. Well, it must have been you, but I promptly forgot all about it.

So I thought the offer came out of the blue, from persons unknown. Plus I saw the eBay copy, and I saw the Monster Mike copy mentioned here...all mint...but all the same copy!

Never mind, all is cool and no harm done.

 

[reyes]

I never heard this record, but i've known about it for some time!

Is this a less than dozen known to exist type?

 

[MopTopMike]

There may have been two or three copies recently found up in that area (NY state). I spoke to most of the band members about 5-6 years ago and only one person had a copy of the 45 and the acetate only pressing of the unreleased 2nd 45.
I wonder how much you guys low-balled the seller. It's pretty much a guarantee that whenever an ebay seller ends an auction an hour after listing it, someone made a lowball offer

 

[Monster Mike]

There may have been two or three copies recently found up in that area (NY state). I spoke to most of the band members about 5-6 years ago and only one person had a copy of the 45 and the acetate only pressing of the unreleased 2nd 45.
I wonder how much you guys low-balled the seller. It's pretty much a guarantee that whenever an ebay seller ends an auction an hour after listing it, someone made a lowball offer

Not in this case. Seller had an idea of what he wanted and it was more than the $700 starting bid.

 

[Mr.Segment]

I can't really understand why sellers accept lowball offers on 45s they have a certain idea might be worth a tad. I once sold a rare doo-wop 45 on consignment, and lordy, the doo-wop scene is lowball personified! The offers rolled in all through the auction. I started it at $9.99 and got offered everything from low hundreds to low 4 digits as the auction went on. Some of the messages were borderline threatening. It eventually sold for $1500+, more than any offer. (The Demolyrs if you're curious, 7-9 years before the only entry on popsike)

As a sidenote, the winner was a real character. As taken right out of the Sopranos. He called me several times, before and after he won it. I can understand he was sceptical about the fact that this actually was found in Norway. So after he became convinced it was the real deal he started telling these wild stories about collecting doo-wop in the 60s and about people being held at gunpoint in feuds over doo-wop 45s. All with the coolest accent imaginable from a guy collecting the genre.

 

[The Swyne]

SUCH A COOL TUNE!