Crazy Priced Vinyl On EBAY

I was really surprised to see Mamas and Papas LPs for, like, seven bucks in a record store here in Seattle the other day. Not that they're not great or worth it, but If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears is a thrift-shop staple almost as much as Whipped Cream and Other Delights.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=270142196831&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=017

went to kstarke records in chicago this week, a little store on western ave set up by a vinyl collector. he basically does "graveyard wholesaling"--looking at garage sales, estates, and the like and buys tons of stuff for nothing at all, then turns around and sells it in his store for $5–10 or more (he saves the most valuable stuff for ebay). trouble is he is seemingly not concerned with condition so he'll sell a worn-down copy of some Dionne Warwick LP, whose jacket is split at the seams, for over $6. kind of ridiculous.

i got rid of both OTC records a long time ago :(

part of the problem is that ebay just follows different laws than stores. i don't think he's going to do good business selling a bunch of really beat-up r&b and classic rock (edgar broughton band! yeah!) LPs for nearly $10 in a little storefront on western ave. what goes for a few prize LPs on the interweb won't really follow for an entire store's worth of junk.

that said he has a lot of house/disco/electro/etc. 12"s. probably some stuff that's reasonably hard to find. but again, overpriced.

i have to admit that recently i've taken to picking things up in record stores mostly because i know i can turn around and sell them on the internet for a big profit. i only do it like once or twice a year and it helps to fund all the other crap i buy. i feel a bit guilty about it but....

why would you feel guilty about it?

i do that. it's a good way to finance the next trip to the record store :)

I still haven't better my £60 for a Sinister Ducks single.

Do people still pay much for Heavenly singles on Sarah?

god i just looked at prices for some of my old hardcore 7"s. and they are in a box, in a basement full of bats and mildew.

fck.

oh but all of these musicals records could sell for something. hmm.

i am going to be selling many of the noize cassettes from my teenage years on ebay sometime soon.

i looked up my good condition original vinyl of gang of four's "entertainment!" and it's still going in the $80-$100 range (though not $150 plus like it was before it was reissued), which makes me happy, especially considering i bought it for a quarter at a hippie fair in union, maine, nearly ten years ago.

All my G & VG stuff goes for like $12 lol

But then all my G & VG stuff is like jazz fusion that only beat diggers care about anyway. Oh and a couple NM Beefhearts.

Feedback history for one of late bidders of the Boris LP:

Positive feedback rating Quick payment, pleasure to deal with. Seller:
jayneyf ( 1300 [Feedback score is 1,000 to 4,999] )
03-Jul-07 15:24
King Crimson-Red-UK Vinyl LP-1974 (#230141083805) -- View Item
Positive feedback rating Thank You For Your Purchases & Rapid Payment!!! EXCELLENT E-Bayer!!!!!AAAAA+++++ Seller:
anthony0070_9 ( 1360 [Feedback score is 1,000 to 4,999] )
04-Jun-07 17:41
SUPER Lot Of 5 KING CRIMSON LP's--Exc/NM Cond (#200113302137) -- View Item
Positive feedback rating Excellent. Very quick payment received. A+++++ Seller:
khherts ( 1030 [Feedback score is 1,000 to 4,999] )
21-Apr-07 18:49
Chris De Burgh - The Lady In Red (#320087722699)

"i looked up my good condition original vinyl of gang of four's "entertainment!" and it's still going in the $80-$100 range"

more like $10-$20 range, but you still got a bargain for a quarter!

dangit, over the winter i saw it go for $82. however the one i saw was in better condition than mine. oh well! it's extra cool for me since i later found a label on the inside of the sleeve that said it belonged to the dad of a kid i knew in high school. small world.

went to kstarke records in chicago this week...

I live right around the corner from that place, on Oakley. I used to go there often, but you're right, the condition of his items is capital S Shitty. But, I still have to give him props, because he gave me an incredibly good CDR mix of obscure italo hitz that one of his coworkers made.

there are some crazy expensive grateful dead TMOQs. i am glad being that much of a dork is prohibitively expensive for me right now.

I am curious to see how this one is going to turn out:

http://cgi.ebay.com/MOVING-SIDEWALKS-Flash-RARE-LP-ORIGINAL-on-TANTARA_W0QQitemZ130133023094QQihZ003QQcategoryZ306QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

sheesh.
i'm content with a reissue thanks.

Just checked popsike: That's on the low side for that one (at the moment, $530)

http://cgi.ebay.com/MOMENTS-You-Said-RARE-NORTHERN-SOUL-45-On-DEEP_W0QQitemZ110165302807QQihZ001QQcategoryZ306QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

are flexis vinyl?

sarah 13&14, £87 and counting

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Sarah-Records-13-14-Flexi-disc-and-2-fanzines-RARE_W0QQitemZ190149418644QQihZ009QQcategoryZ58668QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

(i have two! i also recognise the seller's email address)

Blimey, and I thought Sarah prices had gone down!

damn, why did i practically give mine away :(

goodness. time to liquidate.

i think ltm re-releases has taken the edge off the prices for the obvious things but poppyheads 7" went for £70 not long ago. sarapoly was stupid too, so the oddments continue to rise.

yeah i did well when i sold my sarapoly (which i got for free, it's not the sort of thing i would have paid money for)

I wonder how Heavenly vs Satan does these days, I think that one was v expensive before the K reissue came out.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=230185067892&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=013
Crazy alright, I bought this same single for £2.99 on Ebay a few months ago. Stupid Nirvana collectors, Kurt's not even on this record, dumbasses!

It's all in the presentation!

those go team 45s are pretty rare regardless

I dunno, I've got 5 of them, and they were all cheap. The only one that's normally insanely expensive is the one Kurt actually was on.

Think about it, there'll be tons of "Go Team" ads there right now that aren't the Kurt band, but the 'rah rah' bunch. Add the word "Nirvana" and it'll come up on loads of people's automatic search notifier.

Uh the winning bidder was called 'thegoteam' so maybe it's just a K Records dork w/ too much money

Nah look at their previous auctions - all Nirvana & Marilyn Manson!

http://cgi.ebay.com/MELLOW-CANDLE-UK-PROG-PSYCH-FOLK-LP-ORIG-FEMALE-VOCALS_W0QQitemZ320180123983QQihZ011QQcategoryZ306QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

:-O

Eeek yeah, I saw that one too. God. Makes me wish I picked up the (too expensive) bootleg of it that was around this year.

man that guy bought a lot of eekspensive records lately

do you guys get like an ebay digest of expensive record auctions??? I WANT TO SUBSCRIBE

I just always look at "iamthewitch" dude's auctions. anybody know who he is?

the witch

i like to search "psych" in records and sort by highest priced first.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=150178076644&ssPageName=STRK:MEWN:IT&ih=005

And me, I do the opposite, sort of...

what's really funny is to come across something that sold for loot then find the exact same LP and condition from someone else unbid upon.

do you guys get like an ebay digest of expensive record auctions??

The way I do eBay porn with records is to just type "rare" in the search line, sort highest price first. If you're registered with eBay you can look at completed auctions and that's where you get to see the mega-bucks that are paid for Northern Soul singles. Good God. If you are doing it with CDs it's better to put "OOP" in the search line (out of print). That's where you see what you could make if you owned Mosaic box sets and regional rap CDs from the '90s. Wow.

^^ if a seller is so desperate as to drop "rare" keywords, then it's almost always a turd. ergo, you are the enemy.

i've occasionally used 'rare' where the item is actually pretty scarce but i can see that it's really a pretty pointless thing to do