Frank Zappa Hot Rats 1A 1B matrix orig press COMBINE SHIPPING BIG AUCTION

Sold Date: March 31, 2018
Start Date: March 24, 2018
Final Price: $24.50 (USD)
Bid Count: 13
Seller Feedback: 841
Buyer Feedback: 39


Artist: Frank Zappa Album: Hot Rats Label: Bizarre, RS6356, blue label 1969 original pressing, 1A/1B in runout. Not sure if that is unique for this label number/version or not, but there it is.
Vinyl Visual: Between VG++ to EX. 

Cover: Light ringwear. Edgewear on bottom plus a split of about 2 inches. Corner ding top right. Back gatefold, top right, split from the edge, going in about 2.5 inches. Fair amount of wear, back, top left especially, but also some on right, around the split mentioned. Spine pretty solid except for some corner wear. Gatefold looks great but has a little ringwear. The white portions of front cover are discolored a bit. See pics. Original innersleeve has some wrinkling, and is almost completely split/separated at bottom, and both sides have fairly long splits. Just barely holding in there.
Over the last year or so I played my entire record collection and posted results and general thoughts on Instagram for each LP. On many of the posts I included a playgrade. Please do not consider the playgrades as official, for the purposes of selling. I was only playgrading for myself and for Instagram followers, but the playgrades may help round out the descriptions of the quality of each item. Innersleeve has a couple minor creases, especially at one of the top corners, and a small split on each side, but not at bottom.
Instagram account   https://www.instagram.com/vinyl_and_cd_therapy_a_2_z/
Please keep in mind that I am combining shipping. Once all auctions are finished, please wait for my invoice if you have won more than one item: I will give you a good deal on shipping.    eBay in theory should automatically  charge only by weight for each extra item/pricing, but it never seems to work properly, and their system automatically sends out a 'pay now' reminder, which may or may not be accurate or the same as my shipping prices, and more than likely will be more than my own rates. Here is what I will charge for, if you wait on a multiple items invoice: The price per ounce via media mail or international shipping, plus $1 for professional grade shipping material, including the 12" lp record mailer and two cardboard mailer insert pads.  If you win more than three items (my mailers are for shipping up to 4 lp's but usually more will fit safely), I will simply combine and tape together 2 or more mailers, and charge accordingly per mailer/pads, or just use a large box for anybody who wins a lot of lp's by the end of the days auction. If you win multiple items and reside in a country outside of the US, be prepared for some high shipping prices, but you probably already know that.  Also, keep in mind that the international shipping that I have set up is for UNDER 4 pounds, so if you go over, I will have to use something other than International parcel, and your shipping rate will go through the roof, as you probably know.
I use an LED flashlight at all angles for visual grading.
I am giving myself a number of days once the auctions close to pack and ship, mainly because of the large amount of records I plan to have up for auction, and the fact that I am the only one doing it. There is a really good chance that it will not take me the full amount of days (5) that I have set for each auction before getting your items shipped to you, but I need a padding of extra time just in case.
This is an International Auction.
Good luck!



On Mar-25-18 at 14:09:53 PDT, seller added the following information:

Even though I posted a link to my Instagram site where you can find many of my records, I need to make it clear again that for this auction, please go strictly by my VISUAL GRADING only. Thanks and happy bidding!