Monday, May 25, 2009

Top 5 eBay Vinyl Record Sales

Week Ending 05/23/2009

1. LP - Queen "A Kind Of Magic" Red Vinyl New Zealand Test Pressing - $6,655.55 - Start: $1.00 - Bids; 35

2. LP - The Beatles "White Album" Apple UK Mono #0000056 - Start: $3,572.55 - Start: $39.50 - Bids: 21

3. LP - Johanna Martzy "Bach: The unaccompanied Violin Sonatas" Columbia Box set UK - $3,248.00 - Start: $1.00 - Bids: 17

4. 12" - Led Zeppelin “Road Box” - $2,801.00 - Start: $500 - Bids: 14

5. 45 - unknown "You're Doing Wrong" single-sided acetate - $2,380.29 - Start: $199.99 - Bids: 6

In the #1 spot, a red vinyl pressing out of New Zealand of Queen's 1986 LP release bid to well over $6.6k. As this one is a test pressing it may be one of a kind. The commercial release is on orange colored vinyl. Next, a mono "White Album", this one numbered 52, closes more than halfway over $3.5k.

One of the most soft after classical LP sets, Johana Martzy's Bach violin sonatas sells for more than $3.2k and gets the #3 spot. At #4, Another Led Zeppelin on 12" "Road Box" gets one dollar over $2.8k. And last, a unknown acetate of an R&B/Funk recording sells for well over $2.3k.

As always, thanks to Norm at http://ccdiscoveries.blogspot.com for this valuable data!

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