Sold Date: January 18, 2024
Start Date: January 11, 2024
Final Price: $659.99 (USD)
Bid Count: 14
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For sale is an excellent original (not a repress) soul 45, Love Addict/I'll Be There, by Honey and the Bees on the white DJ Arctic label, 149. "Mastering by Frankford/Wayne Phil." stamped and "Arctic A- HTB-7" and "ec" etched in the dead wax on "Love Addict" side. Arctic A - HTB - 8" "es" and "FIW" etched into the dead wax on the "I'll Be There" side. Vinyl visually and play-tested grades NM. A superb original example of this rare 45.
This comes directly from the collection of a Northern Virginian DJ who ran a radio station from his basement in the 1960s. His collection of 45s, which he stored in file cabinets each one with three rows of 45s, was heavy on small label soul, psych, latin soul and funk from around 1965-1969 and impeccably kept in the cabinets away from dust, moisture, etc. 
My grading system:

STILL SEALED : Jacket imperfections, if any, will be described. Vinyl guaranteed to be in unplayed condition. 

M : I don't use this grade, on the assumption that no record or jacket is truly flawless.

M- : Vinyl appears unplayed, jacket bears no signs of wear. I rarely, if ever, use this grade. 

NM : Like M-, with possible scintilla/whiff of an imperfection

VG++ : May have a couple extremely minor imperfections. (sleeve scuffs, very faint scratches or other superficial marks that have little or no bearing on sound.) Jacket may have a couple very minor flaws.

VG+ : Like VG++, but with a few more light imperfections