Sold Date: January 21, 2018
Start Date: January 14, 2018
Final Price: $177.50 (USD)
Bid Count: 11
Seller Feedback: 185
Buyer Feedback: 3825

YOU ARE BIDDING ON A BEAUTIFUL VERY GOOD TO VERY GOOD PLUS CONDITION GAYTUNES 45 RPM JOYCE 101 I LOVE YOU / YOU LEFT ME.  THIS PLAYS AWESOME!!! (Etched in the DEADWAX are J-101A & J-101B), (Vinyl plays GREAT, very small superficial marks on vinyl that do not affect play, see pics).

* I have collected many 45’s, most since the late 50’s thru early-mid 60’s.  My collection includes thousands of 45 rpm records, many in which are Excellent to Near Mint Minus Condition.  I recently turned 79 years old and my son has convinced me to start selling and start traveling.  When I purchased or acquired them back then, I truly believe most were original pressings.  I have kept excellent care of them.  Please look at the pictures for details.  You can see how well kept the vinyl and labels are for being over 60 years old.  I am not trying to fool anyone, I am not a Vinyl Expert.  I describe the 45 to the best of my ability based on Price Guide grading and start the bidding at 25% of the book value indicated for EX to NM- 45’s and sometimes much lower.

Many are machine stamped and many are etched, which are originals.  I learned that not all record companies used a machine stamp back in the day.  Many were etched as well and this is a big issue I have heard about from eBayers.  However, you can check with Wikipedia and many others Professional Vinyl Guides and Info that will tell you is the same.  I have many Absolute Originals from the 1st Pressing and they have Etched Numbers and some are Machine Stamped, just an FYI. I did notice many of the bigger Record Companies did have machine stamped records, while smaller companies did not.  If you have any questions about the item please ask.  Thank you.