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Just a last reminder, the Wessex Auctions Northern Soul auction is happening tomorrow from mid day. On line bidding and full catalogue available here: Full catalogue. Good luck if bidding.

Two more days to the Wessex Auctions Northern Soul sale, with many Mint Northern Soul rarities and many unique Unreleased Northern Soul Acetates. Full catalogue here: Wessex Auctions Northern Soul Auction full catalogue.

Yes, Bo Diddley, just trying to make clear that the VAT is not on the full amount of the item, but just on the auction house commission.

Once again Bo Diddley and Merve, Wessex Auctions commission if leaving a phone bid or bidding on the phone pr bidding live at the auction house, is only 17% + VAT on this commission charge only, not on the final price of the item !!!, just to make it clearer on a £100.00 item you will pay around £120.00 at Wessex Auctions, while if bidding on the saleroom it will be nearer to £130.00. And if bidding on The-Salesroom there is an addition charge.

OK, here is the breakdown, if bidding through "the-salesroom" there is an addition of 4.95% on top of the auction house commission of 17%, which could be a lot on high end items, I always prefer to either bid live on the phone, or leave my top bid with the auction house, when you ring them to leave a bid with them they take your details and register you as buyer. Wessex Auctions charge the lowest commission of any auction house in the UK at 17%, and on most other auction houses it is normally 25%-30% (and higher at Christies or Sotheby’s and Other Music specialist Auction houses) !!! Regarding postage, I would ring the auction house for a quote, it will probably be cheap for 1 single and will go up depending on size and weight. Their packing is great as I bought records from them before. I hope this answers all the questions above.

That percentage is for Omega Auction which is much higher then the Wessex Auction Room Northern Soul auction. The percentage for the Wessex auction is 17.5 %, or you can always phone and leave bids with the auction house to save some money (it is slightly higher if bidding through the-salesroom website.

I was wondering if, with the amount of knowledge on this website, can anyone identify any of the Unknown and Unreleased Acetates included in this auction?

Cheers Richard, always happy to help. Jim G, they have been in a climate controlled storage place for the last 20+ years, thanks god for that, this is the reason all the Acetates are in way above normal condition for 40-50 years old Acetates.

Here is the leaflet for the Wessex Auction:

Here is the leaflet:

Different one and much better on the Northern Soul side, it’s this one: https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/auction-catalogues/wessex-auction-rooms/catalogue-id-srwess10237

A photo of some of the rarities included in the auction:

Hello Just wanted to bring to members attention an auction of rare Northern Soul / Funk / Reggae and Blues records I curated, on the 6th of March at Wessex Auctions Rooms. Some of the rare items included will be: Elbie Parker (Veep), Lainie Hill (New Voice), Kenny Wells (New Voice), Jay Traynor (ABC), Morris Chestnut (Amy), Lou Ragland (Amy), Dana Valery (Columbia), Tobi Legend (Mala) Yellow Brick Road (Mercury - only known copy), The Barrons (Cobblestone), Paul Wagner (Cobblestone), Tommy Dent (Cobblestone), Larry Santos (Evolution) + UK Northern Soul singles + many unreleased Northern Soul UK and US Acetates to name but a few, And most are in pristine Near Mint Archive condition. Full catalogue available here. Please check it out.

I am helping the publishing company selling these, I bought part of the library but not the Northern Soul stuff as they have been told it was worth a lot of money, so I said I will help them.

These came from one of the UK’s biggest music publishing companies library and includes many unreleased Acetates. I am definitely going to be there on the day...

Hello Just found this Northern Soul auction on line with lots of Mint original US / UK Northern Soul singles and many unreleased Northern Soul singles that came from a big UK publishing company, might be interesting to some people here: Full catalogue now on line, here is the link: Auction catalogue is available here https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/auction-catalogues/wessex-auction-rooms/catalogue-id-srwess10237