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In Reply to: Moody Blues on vinyl - market value posted by Kems on April 19, 2007 at 02:21:42:
Thanks to all for your comments.Perhaps I should add that the seller and myself are situated in Denmark, and prices are probably a bit higher here, but they still seem high to me. I could go with that, but am very uncertain when it comes to the pricier items, and after all I only want the music, not a collectors item.
Most of the albums are listed as being original, but condition is at the moment unknown to me - at the price they should be mint, but I often experience that they aren't, not even if the seller claims that.
I think I will decline the offer, and keep my eyes open for other sellers.
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Provided they're of high grade. German pressings too. I just spent $13.00 for a German Days of Future Past.
Is that due to the german pressing being of better quality? I don't mind paying extra for better quality and sound, but collectability is seldomly of importance to me.In general I find it difficult to determine whether a seller believes that he has pure gold on his hands or the albums are just plain vanilla pressings... After all, he might just be trying to oversell the items, hoping that someone will fall for it. And for me it is also difficult to evaluate his claim on the albums being original - I would only be able to evaluate it upon receipt of the items, i.e. the deal has been made, and only by searching around for info on the matter, which I tried to do prior to the thread, but I couldn't find anything solid info.
...I'm selling a bunch of first pressings in truly mint- condition (basically, opened, and played once by the original owner, and once by me to grade). I've tracked down stamper numbers, labels, and covers to verify them. Even then, it's difficult to make these distinguished over the run-of-the-mill stuff.The early pressings of CSNY's first, Cat Stevens stuff, sound WAY better than the reissues I have. How to convey that into value to a potential buyer has been really difficult.
Jeff TOJ
Quite irritating that pressings come in such varietal versions, only distinguishable by few... At least when re-issued on 180 or 200 grams vinyl, one has a chance of recocknizing the better quality.I am gullable enough to trust the seller if claim is made that his copies are superior in (sound) quality, but when price is determined by rarity and collectability, that's where my confidence wears off - he could be pulling my leg for all I know.
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