I had to look twice at the price of this record on John Manships auction!

 

It's a fabulous Northern Soul classic on DJ, but £479?

 

I have never seen it anywhere near that price.  The auction has not finished yet, could go more!

 

Edited August 19, 20186 yr by Guest

Yep was surprised myself.However its not easy these days to find the original 9723 Demos.Even the later 1035 reissue fetches a tidy sum

How much? That's ridiculous is there a extra digit in the price by mistake.  Great record though.  

Steve 

Been a few through Rare Soul Sales on facebook, Vg+ to Excellent very clean copies, $105 to £150.

 

Discogs sales history last two years..

2018-06-06	Very Good Plus (VG+)	Very Good Plus (VG+)	£152.64	$200.00
	Comments: Looks unplayed. Very nice. Conservatively graded.
2018-05-15	Very Good Plus (VG+)	Generic	£149.99	£149.99
	Comments: EXCELLENT Condition Vinyl, but some label staining and writing on label. Brilliant, current monster oldie! Sent Special Delivery in UK or Insured Air Mail overseas.
2018-01-05	Very Good Plus (VG+)	Very Good Plus (VG+)	£145.01	$190.00
	Comments: Record plays great with hardly any back ground noise! VERY NICE COPY!
2017-12-19	Near Mint (NM or M-)	Generic	£83.95	$110.00
	Comments: Vinyl very clean. Side 2 label has some wear.
2017-06-09	Near Mint (NM or M-)	Generic	£152.63	$199.99
2016-11-28	Near Mint (NM or M-)	Very Good Plus (VG+)	£152.64	$200.00
	Comments: 48-HOUR SALE AT THIS PRICE - ENDS11/16 !! FANTASTIC CO

Edited August 19, 20186 yr by chalky

27 minutes ago, Patto said:

Yep was surprised myself.However its not easy these days to find the original 9723 Demos.Even the later 1035 reissue fetches a tidy sum

Were the reissues 1035, only on the orange label issue though? No yellow demo?

All the demos I have seen are yellow label, 9723 first issues.

Edited August 19, 20186 yr by Guest

yes had to take a second look.....theres been a few dj copies go thru popsike with plenty of the 72 reissues doesn't seem to be to many 9723 issues showing though?

brought a 1st issue of here via wants a few years ago £20.00...………...seems like a bargain now lol

 

I pulled out a mint orange issue in a shop in San Fran in 1999....i would be interested to know why it was reissued in the U.S.A. Was it a local hit?

I never saw the stock copy of 9723 until the nineties. Mid seventies there were loads of orange 1035, and quite a few yellow 9723 demos, but never an orange 9723

 

It may be different now, but back then it was probably the rarest.

 

Cheers
Mick

 

2 minutes ago, wiggyflat said:

I pulled out a mint orange issue in a shop in San Fran in 1999....i would be interested to know why it was reissued in the U.S.A. Was it a local hit?

I assumed it was reissued for us in UK - a couple of years later RCA did the range of UK biggies (Paul Anka / Roy Hamilton / Laura Greene / Michael & Raymond / Dean Courtney etc. etc.)

1 hour ago, wiggyflat said:

I pulled out a mint orange issue in a shop in San Fran in 1999....i would be interested to know why it was reissued in the U.S.A. Was it a local hit?

Think it was for UK Northern Soul demand in the early 70's.  Lorraine Chandler, Roy Hamilton etc were repressed on orange USA, RCA issues as well.

Just goes to show there are some very wealthy knobs around nowadays.

 

Think I sold my demo for £35 about 30 years ago.

 

Dx

What did it end up going for did it go above the 479

The Exciters went for 572 pounds !

1 hour ago, the yank said:

The Exciters went for 572 pounds !

 

Cheers mate WOW crazy price.Got one just like it but its going nowhere at any price.Great record

There was one for sale on soul source about a week ago for £ 150 ? 

You can buy the album Caviar & Chitlins for about £30 -£40 'blowing up' in stereo !, sounds awesome by the way, + lots of other good tracks , confused.com

17 hours ago, the yank said:

The Exciters went for 572 pounds !

 

Totally crazy price on what should be a cheap 45

Some people will pay over the top prices, one of the reasons I've sold loads over the past year and why I don't bother buying much northern any more.

 

Crazy price.....I sold one about a year ago, had it up for £100 (which I thought was the going rate), couldn't sell it.......got £80 in the end.  I have seen them on lists for up to £150, but that's got to be top wack.

All the historical evidence suggests £150.  

 

If you put up a want and said £500 waiting you’d probably have got dozens of offers of a copy, absolutely barmy.  The market is getting more and more skewed everyday. 

I sold my copy for £100.00 about 9 or 10 years ago

Whover bought it will learn the error of their ways when they come to sell it

Just for the record..... i got my copy off Rob Smith about 8yrs ago for £40 ex + to replace the one i sent for out of blues & soul mag, on comtempo in 1974 , from memory i think it was released on casino classics too,? couple of years later ?

30 minutes ago, marty57 said:

Just for the record..... i got my copy off Rob Smith about 8yrs ago for £40 ex + to replace the one i sent for out of blues & soul mag, on comtempo in 1974 , from memory i think it was released on casino classics too,? couple of years later ?

 

That 74 contempo was the crap version wasnt it.Lots of lads got caught out on that one lol.Cant recall a casino classics just the later 1035 orange and a later one on a RCA UK EP. With Beverly Ann on other side

Edited August 24, 20186 yr by Patto

Yep thats right , shite but was part of scene then like walking in to nottm palais & dance floor full to the ventures , book him dano !  Sorry to younger members on here you'll have to google it !

2 hours ago, marty57 said:

Yep thats right , shite but was part of scene then like walking in to nottm palais & dance floor full to the ventures , book him dano !  Sorry to younger members on here you'll have to google it !

BUT we didn`t actually think it was shite back then did we ...Well Ok with that one we did!...but you get my drift. Afternoon of the Rhino anyone? LoL

Why not invest in half a dozen underplayed  tunes if you've got the dosh, with respect there's plenty of scope

to add to the  collection out there.

A UK Maxi single copy is good enough for me these days, which was still technically, a first UK  issue anyway.

Not that I've got that kind of auction money sadly.