Highest Price On A Cracked Record?

[Dave Thorley]

I remember back in the late 70's when Doo Wop was selling like no ones business a copy of 'The Five Sharps-Stormy Weather-Jubilee 5104-78rpm' that was broken clean in half, selling for $4000.

Whats the most you've seen a soul record cracked in some way sell for????

Dave

[Ernie Andrews]

I remember back in the late 70's when Doo Wop was selling like no ones business a copy of 'The Five Sharps-Stormy Weather-Jubilee 5104-78rpm' that was broken clean in half, selling for $4000.

Whats the most you've seen a soul record cracked in some way sell for????

Dave

Wasnt their something on ebay that was cracked in 3 places going for just over $1500 recently?

[Marc Forrest]

I remember back in the late 70's when Doo Wop was selling like no ones business a copy of 'The Five Sharps-Stormy Weather-Jubilee 5104-78rpm' that was broken clean in half, selling for $4000.

Whats the most you've seen a soul record cracked in some way sell for????

Dave

Which, if I remember correctly was cracked by one certain NYC based radio jockey who was lend the 78 to play at his show...a one off until some ten/twenty years later another copy had been found.

[Guest]

a copy of margaret little on ebay had a hairline crack......i was bidding on it for a well known dj and hadnt read the small print..i pulled out after advice at around 2000 dollars.....it eventually went for 5290 dollars

https://www.popsike.com/Margaret-Little-NORTHERN-SOUL-45-I-Need-Some-Loving-L/4023832680.html

Edited January 26, 2010 by Guest

[grant]

paid about £40 for a cracked (taped on flip side) copy of touch my heart - vonettes back in 1990

[Guest ganesh]

paid about £40 for a cracked (taped on flip side) copy of touch my heart - vonettes back in 1990

i paid about £20 fro a Danny Monday demo which given it's rarity i was happy with as it did not sound and £2 for a sinceres - girl i love you - pzazz and never did see another copy for sale to replace it and it is a brilliant uptempo dancer

[Pete S]

I have a cracked Pat lewis - No one to love (solid hit) here at the moment

[Ged Parker]

I have a cracked Pat lewis - No one to love (solid hit) here at the moment

Swap ya for a cracked 7th Avenue Aviators

[Davetay]

paid about £40 for a cracked (taped on flip side) copy of touch my heart - vonettes back in 1990

I paid £30 for a cracked copy of The Anderson Brothers in 1975.

I got it off Rod Shard, sold it in the 80s for £80 to Ian Gilly who has still got it.

[Simon M]

Im sure I saw a broken Magnetics on Bonnie go for loads ? Anyone see it , it was taped together

[Trev Thomas]

Swap ya for a cracked 7th Avenue Aviators

wanna sell the aviators ??

[Guest]

Imagine the price if it had two cracks !

https://cgi.ebay.com/BEATLES-twist-y-gritos-La-vi-parada-ARGENTINA-78-RPM_W0QQitemZ330389846963QQcmdZViewItemQQptZMusic_on_Vinyl?hash=item4cecc4fbb3

[Ted Massey]

Im sure I saw a broken Magnetics on Bonnie go for loads ? Anyone see it , it was taped together

John weston got that one plays ok

[Guest JIM BARRY]

I remember back in the late 70's when Doo Wop was selling like no ones business a copy of 'The Five Sharps-Stormy Weather-Jubilee 5104-78rpm' that was broken clean in half, selling for $4000.

Whats the most you've seen a soul record cracked in some way sell for????

Dave

I SOLD A CRACKED TIMMIE WILLIAMS TO MICK H ABOUT 5 YEARS AGO. BROKE IT WHILE DJING AT LOWTON WHEN TAKING IT OFF THE DECK.... I WOKE UP NEXT MORNING HOPING IT WAS A DREAM

STILL GOT £500 FOR IT.

[Stanley]

a good friend and collector of mine bought a copy of bernie williams about 5/6 years ago and reckoned he,d got a bargain,he said i,d paid far too much for it,and he,d got a proper bargain for £500.unfortunately when he got it home it was cracked across the styrene.

[Ian Dewhirst]

I had a mint Joe Mathews which I'd inadvertently left in a pile on the floor and which got cracked whilst my record room was being hoovered! It still played pretty much perfectly and I bolstered it with some masking tape on the B side to keep as intact as I could. But for some reason that was the point when I decided that having so much expensive vinyl on the shelves didn't make so much sense at the time, so that was the single event that made me sell my 3rd Northern collection. I knew the chances of finding another Joe Mathews would be slim and I didn't want to pay a fortune to replace the cracked copy......

......sold it to little Gary from Leeds for £180 in the late 80's at a Griffin Hotel All-Nighter in Leeds. I still think he got a bargain.......

Ian D

[Ged Parker]

wanna sell the aviators ??

Its deffo unplayable and currently framed on the wall in the record room. Usefull as a reference copy ( or a prop in an insureance scam ) but little else I'm affraid.

[Pete S]

I sold a cracked Mr Lucky for an undisclosed amount but it was four figures.

[Alan Walls]

My Magnetics - When I'm With My Baby/Count The Days had a small crack in the run-in groove, went for £400 about 15 years ago. Few years later I was back at the buyer's flat after a session and found it sitting on top of his box under the telly, not in a sleeve, covered in thick dust. I seriously considered making a citizen's arrest and taking it into protective custody, in the name of all that is good and holy. Some folk just ain't fit and proper.

[Ian Seaman]

I have a Seven Souls issue cracked in 3 places (stood on by an ex lodger lol)

i also own the cracked Judy Street original off Pete Smith for £20 i think ??, after taking all the glue off the B side and pressing it together and securing with tape it now plays great with hardly any clicks !! bargain lol

My Edward Hamilton - Baby don't you weep is cracked as is my Bob Crewe Productions copy of Val Regan !!

all play perfect too

Ian.

[Ian Seaman]

a copy of margaret little on ebay had a hairline crack......i was bidding on it for a well known dj and hadnt read the small print..i pulled out after advice at around 2000 dollars.....it eventually went for 5290 dollars

https://www.popsike.c...4023832680.html

is this Mark Speakmans copy ??

ian.

[Guest]

im unsure who got that copy but when i saw a copy that looked suspiciously like it at a venue the dj playing it got quite shirty when i asked him if it was the cracked copy from ebay...i laughed and left it at that...if looks could kill

[Steve G]

The highest I have heard is £4k. It is a 60s record I have and I don't want to reveal the person that paid that amount for a cracked copy. It's not a nice thing to do. But I did hear they paid £4k for a cracked copy......

[Guest]

The highest I have heard is £4k. It is a 60s record I have and I don't want to reveal the person that paid that amount for a cracked copy. It's not a nice thing to do. But I did hear they paid £4k for a cracked copy......

i agree steve thats why i never posted a name....

moldie

[Guest subbo]

The highest I have heard is £4k. It is a 60s record I have and I don't want to reveal the person that paid that amount for a cracked copy. It's not a nice thing to do. But I did hear they paid £4k for a cracked copy......

wow,4k for a cracked record.i paid £40 for Carl Hall "what about you" in 93 and i took an age to make up my mind about it.if it got cracked at home could i claim the insurance?

[Steve G]

wow,4k for a cracked record.i paid £40 for Carl Hall "what about you" in 93 and i took an age to make up my mind about it.if it got cracked at home could i claim the insurance?

In principle yes as long as it is "accidental damage"

[The Tempest]

Not a crack , but a missing piece !!!

My mate paid a £20.00 for this , 20 yrs ago at Blackburn , V shaped chunk missing out of vinyl , a milisecond before the record kicks in , pricey & a gamble at the time !!!!

[Ted Massey]

I never turned down a cracked record as long as it was cheap

Lester Tipton £35

Fascinators £50

Ty Karim your really made it good Romark £35

all play perfect

Oh and len jewell terri de £35 bad crack clicked all the way through sold it to a certain lancashire dealer/collector for £1750

Edited January 27, 2010 by Ted Massey

[dthedrug]

I sold (the Late) Pete Lawson Jack Montgomery Demo for £100 at Keele. It was cracked 3/4 the way around the label clean as a whistle I wonder if he repaired it and sold it on as the record was mint? So if your demo come from Pete check as it gotta be out there somewhere??? DAVE KIL

[Sunnysoul]

Is it true that Pete Smith has over the years had more than 120 perfectly nice clean copies of the Carstairs on Red Coach but deliberately smashed every one of them into tiny little pieces ... ?

Edited January 28, 2010 by sunnysoul

[Lenny Harkins]

My Magnetics - When I'm With My Baby/Count The Days had a small crack in the run-in groove, went for £400 about 15 years ago. Few years later I was back at the buyer's flat after a session and found it sitting on top of his box under the telly, not in a sleeve, covered in thick dust. I seriously considered making a citizen's arrest and taking it into protective custody, in the name of all that is good and holy. Some folk just ain't fit and proper.

i ended up with this one, sold it for £1300 if i remember correctley, tiny crack on the run out........twasnt me that left it out the sleeve, i rescued it from the foresaid kung fu fightin, womanising, up all night toerag. for 300 a year after you sold it to him.

Edited January 30, 2010 by lenny h.

[Johnmcc]

I had a mint Joe Mathews which I'd inadvertently left in a pile on the floor and which got cracked whilst my record room was being hoovered! It still played pretty much perfectly and I bolstered it with some masking tape on the B side to keep as intact as I could. But for some reason that was the point when I decided that having so much expensive vinyl on the shelves didn't make so much sense at the time, so that was the single event that made me sell my 3rd Northern collection. I knew the chances of finding another Joe Mathews would be slim and I didn't want to pay a fortune to replace the cracked copy......

......sold it to little Gary from Leeds for £180 in the late 80's at a Griffin Hotel All-Nighter in Leeds. I still think he got a bargain.......

Ian D

Joe Matthews on Kool Kat?

The B side is the best side.

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