Is This a New Record Price for a Bix 78?

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fourforty
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Is This a New Record Price for a Bix 78?

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eBay auction already finished for a rare and pristine Bix disc.

Is this a record high price? It's the highest I've ever seen.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/PRE-WAR-JAZZ-78 ... 7675.l2557

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Must be a rare collection completer. I love to listen to Bix but collecting his rareties, no, except for those which I really, really like.

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This sellers collection is world renowned. He also paid the record price for a 78....$37,100 on Ebay for a pristine copy of Tommy Johnson's "Alcohol & Jake Blues" on Paramount. One of only two known copies and he (I believe) owns them both now.
Here is his rough copy...

https://youtu.be/ayltwUwpW04
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God love him. :o

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I am a dyed in the wool Bixian, but WOW, that is the highest price I have seen on an issued Bix recording! Great record, but I'll just listen to it on CD and save my pennies!

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Did any of you see the recording I did. Many thanks to Marilene McCandless and the Avati brothers for allowing us to do these recordings in Bix's childhood home in Davenport, Iowa. I would like to try it again with improved blanks and the Edison studio recorder. Interesting how the record went for a nice price, those who appreciate good music, will pay a nice price for it.

Andy Schumm - cornet
Dave bock - trombone
John Otto - clarinet
David Boeddinghaus - piano
Leah Bezin - banjo
Beau Sample - string bass
Josh Duffee - cymbal

Edison phonograph/recording horn/blank wax cylinders, etc.: Shawn Borri
Video recording and editing: Enrico Borsetti

Location: Leon Bismark "Bix" Beiderbecke House
1934 Grand Avenue - Davenport, Iowa 52803 https://youtu.be/y3Wjv6K0c-4

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Please keep us informed Shawn.
Thanks
John

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Here are the sale prices on eBay for the (in most cases excellent condition) Bix records this seller was ready to part with:

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ftrt=90 ... 5573.m1684

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In the UK Bix can be found on Parlophone reissues which are neither rare nor expensive. It is the recording, not the label, which matters to me.

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Glad to see Traditional Jazz is regaining it's value. I was a little surprised to see the Test Pressings sell as low as they dis, though. The unpredictable world of eBay

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