Top 5 eBay Vinyl Record Sales

Week Ending 12/13/2008

1. LP - The Beatles "Please Please Me" Parlophone UK STEREO black & gold label matrix 1R/1G - $4,610.94 - Start: $1.50 Bids: 40

2. 45rpm - David Bowie "Janine" / "All The Madmen" Mercury 73173 - $3781.85 - Start: $5.00 Bids: 15

3. LP - Uncle Funkenstein "Together Again" Private Press - $3,383.33 - Start: $9.99 - Bids: 27

4. LP - Dynamic Five "Love Is The Key" Manhattan/UA - $3,333.00 - Start: $999.99 - Bids: 10

5. 12? - Led Zeppelin “Road Box” - $3,322.62 Start: $75.00 Bids: 37

Lots of old friends and reappearances this week: First, a Beatles' "Please Please Me" UK Stereo first press sells for over $4.6k. This record, in various iterations, has appeared several times over the past few months. This particular record is one of 900 stereo edtions on Parlophone made from the mother stampers designated 1R and 1G.

David Bowie is here again. In the #2 spot, the original Mercury U.S. 45 from "Man Who Sold The World" bids past $3.7k.

The next two entries are new to the list and both are very rare soul and funk LP's. The first, a private press LP out of Indiana from Uncle Funkenstein sells for almost $3.4k. In the #4 spot, the never released Dynamic Five promo LP peaks a third of the way past $3.3k.

Lastly, another recent visitor to the list, Led Zeppelin's entire catalog on 12" 45 RPM 200 gram records, "The Road Box" sells for a little more than $3.3k

Special thanks (as always) to Brian at http://ccdiscoveries.blogspot.com for this great data!