Closing Date: January15, 2010 at 10:00 PM St. Louis Time
Welcome to Auction #43 It contains a selection of 1819 78 and 45 rpm records featuring some especially rare pre-war jazz.
Bid what the record is worth to you. If yours is the high bid you win it for that price.
THERE WILL BE CALL-BACKS THIS TIME!
Only on items for which you have bid $200 or the minimum, whichever is higher.
You must indicate on your bid you wish to compete and include full contact information.
Raises must be in increments of 10%. You can participate in call backs by email. You will have a maximum of 24 hours to respond to a raise or be eliminated. This is to account for time zone differences and work schedules. It usually takes no more than one day to conclude all call backs.
I am posting Auction #43 on Sunday December 6th. The hard-copy catalogs are at the printer and should go out on the 8th.
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The Set Sales will be posted Saturday December 12th. at 5:00 PM St. Louis time.
The minimum bid is $5.00 unless stated otherwise.
I reserve the right to refuse any bid I deem unreasonably low.
Questions on label variants? Ask!
Please bid by lot number plus label and label number.
Grading scale: N, N-, E++, E+, EE+, E, EE-, E-, E--, V++, V+, nearly V+, VV+, V, VV-, V-, V--, G+, G, G-, F P
I am now using "nearly V+" to designate records better than VV+ but not quite V+.
There is a key to abbreviations used at the bottom of this page.
Shipping charges are reasonable and will be quoted with your invoice. Overseas bidders please indicate customs and insurance preference with bids.
Mail bids must be received by January 15th, 2010
If bidding by e-mail, please make your header explicitly clear, i.e. "78 Auction #43 BIDS" as I receive many spam messages a day and don't want your bids to get lost.
Payment can be made by cash, check, money order or Paypal. When using Paypal I appreciate your adding a 2% convenience fee.
Payment is expected within 30 days of notification unless prior arrangements have been made. If you can't pay for your purchases put them on your credit card (via Paypal). Late payment is a great inconvenience. Many of the records are on consignment and consignors expect to be paid in a timely fashion.
My grading is guaranteed. Open your order when it arrives and inspect the records at that time please. There are no returns after 60 days from the end of the auction. All consignors have been paid at that time and refunds are no longer offered.
Please
e-mail if you have any questions.
Please bid by lot number, label, and label number.
Asterisk (*) after label number indicates buff (Bluebird), sunrise (Decca), King
of them All (King), flag (Columbia), Electrobean (Gennett), scroll
(Victor), electric (Paramount, Supertone, Superior, Okeh, Champion, Melotone, Perfect, etc.)
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