Sanction - There is an active market for old jazz records. A client of mine makes a living buying & selling them, as well as vintage instruments that are in good condition (he is a sax player). It's a lot like coins, in that certain releases of particular records with specific labels are worth quite a bit, while the same records without the specific labels aren't worth much.
Many old horns which have been well maintained are worth far more than when they were purchased. Again, it relates to to the make, model, etc.
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This lady sounds like a real piece of work! I work in the debt collection industry, and she sounds just like the mulititudes of people we deal with who think the world owes them everything and they should be held responsible for nothing. A real dirtbag!
you do realize that if you would have made her aware, that SHE would be inheriting any monies that exceeded your clients costs, she would have been much more helpful, she would have probably even printed up some fliers for ya something i learned while being a manager, sometimes you can use peoples personalities against them
Well this story still has legs, though it is coming to a long overdue conclusion.
The items of personal property have been searched through and the chaff has been disposed of.
The wheat remains and consists of about 80,000 records (give or take 10K), original recording contracts, some photos and posters and about 60 boxes (of the size used by businesses to store closed out files)filled with original reel to reel tapes of music from various R&B, Soul and Jazz artists made at music studio recording sessions during the 1950's, 60's and maybe early 70s.
On behalf of my client (the owner of the items as a result of the 3-2006 auction sale) I have been working on contacting interested buyers and showing the items to the interested buyers. This week purchase offers will be made to buy the items. Many buyers have expressed substantial interest in the items and have been like a kid in a candy store whilelooking through the boxes filled with the items (or like a collector looking through a newly acquired old time coin collection).
I am looking forward to seeing how this thing finally plays out with the resale of the items. It has been interesting dealing with the various interested buyers and learning a little bit about the business of collectible records.
I just found a couple of hundred records in my attic . tunes by CCR, Dr. hook, partridge family, and etc. I didn't know what to do with them, maybe I should put them on E-bay. Do they have any value yet? will they ever?
Are there any 10 inch BlueNote, Prestige, Dial, Discovery jazz LPs from the late 1940's through the mid 1950s? Anything by Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Horace Silver, among others? What about earlier 78s on Paramount, Vocalion, Brunswick and Gennett ?
I think you need to consider having someone look at these... you may be pleasantly surprised...
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Don't remember if I saw this said elsewhere or not (it's been a long morning already!), but you ought to consider posting a link to this discussion in the BST-Records and Rare Records forums. You might get some interesting responses.
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Interested buyers have viewed the records, recording tapes and other items. Purchase offers are being submitted by the interested buyers. My client will review and choose who to sell the items to.
Frankly I am surprised at how big the offers are. I guess that shows I do not know much about collectible records. My client is going to be very happy with the outcome of the sale.
I will give a final update after the deal is done.
Well the bidding is over. The winning bidder is buying the records and everything else for a very large sum of money. I can not say the precise amount but it exceeds $250K.
A most surprising end to a very long story.
I remember the day in July, 2005 when I was called by my client who bought the real estate (land and building where the record store was located) and was asked to file an eviction lawsuit against the daughter to force her to move out of the property.
Little did I know that 33-34 months later, the "junky stuff" (old records, etc.) that the daughter left in the building would bring the large price that it did.
The thing that I find hard to understand is why the duaghter did not keep the stuff and sell it herself, to her gain. Two days before 3-24-2006 auction she showed me certified checks payable to my client in the amount needed to pay my client's storage and moving expenses. However, she chose to keep the checks and not give them to me. A big mistake in judgment on her part.
I wonder if I will get a similar case in the future with "old coins" being substituted in the place of "old records"
That would be fun, since I would have a great time inspecting the coins.
Wow, this story if finally over J/K, thanks for sharing, very interesting how everything turned out, and pretty tragic about the daughter, but some people just can't be helped.
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appropo?
I believe he meant apprpro short for appropriate.
Many old horns which have been well maintained are worth far more than when they were purchased. Again, it relates to to the make, model, etc.
"Seu cabra da peste,
"Sou Mangueira......."
<< <i>Trime correct. "Appropo" is short for appropriate. >>
Is it not spelled "apropos", from the French a propos meaning pertinent or fitting?
Gosh, I feel like that guy on Cheers
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Cliff?
60 years into this hobby and I'm still working on my Lincoln set!
Well this story still has legs, though it is coming to a long overdue conclusion.
The items of personal property have been searched through and the chaff has been disposed of.
The wheat remains and consists of about 80,000 records (give or take 10K), original recording contracts, some photos and posters and about 60 boxes (of the size used by businesses to store closed out files)filled with original reel to reel tapes of music from various R&B, Soul and Jazz artists made at music studio recording sessions during the 1950's, 60's and maybe early 70s.
On behalf of my client (the owner of the items as a result of the 3-2006 auction sale) I have been working on contacting interested buyers and showing the items to the interested buyers. This week purchase offers will be made to buy the items. Many buyers have expressed substantial interest in the items and have been like a kid in a candy store whilelooking through the boxes filled with the items (or like a collector looking through a newly acquired old time coin collection
I am looking forward to seeing how this thing finally plays out with the resale of the items. It has been interesting dealing with the various interested buyers and learning a little bit about the business of collectible records.
"Everything is on its way to somewhere. Everything." - George Malley, Phenomenon
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I think you need to consider having someone look at these... you may be pleasantly surprised...
Experience the World through Numismatics...it's more than you can imagine.
Please visit our eBay store:
FESTIVUS MAXIMUS - (Opened in 1998, 1000+ transactions, 99.9+% positive feedback)
** Recently completed our first two successful CU transactions: thanks dragon!
Interested buyers have viewed the records, recording tapes and other items. Purchase offers are being submitted by the interested buyers. My client will review and choose who to sell the items to.
Frankly I am surprised at how big the offers are. I guess that shows I do not know much about collectible records. My client is going to be very happy with the outcome of the sale.
I will give a final update after the deal is done.
Well the bidding is over. The winning bidder is buying the records and everything else for a very large sum of money. I can not say the precise amount but it exceeds $250K.
A most surprising end to a very long story.
I remember the day in July, 2005 when I was called by my client who bought the real estate (land and building where the record store was located) and was asked to file an eviction lawsuit against the daughter to force her to move out of the property.
Little did I know that 33-34 months later, the "junky stuff" (old records, etc.) that the daughter left in the building would bring the large price that it did.
The thing that I find hard to understand is why the duaghter did not keep the stuff and sell it herself, to her gain. Two days before 3-24-2006 auction she showed me certified checks payable to my client in the amount needed to pay my client's storage and moving expenses. However, she chose to keep the checks and not give them to me. A big mistake in judgment on her part.
I wonder if I will get a similar case in the future with "old coins" being substituted in the place of "old records"
That would be fun, since I would have a great time inspecting the coins.