Well, as DR said, sometimes it depends on the needle/tone arm. Thin/cheap vinyl with shallow grooves may skip unless you increase the tone arm weight.humus wrote: Still, if it skips on one turntable something is wrong.
I have to wonder if the record would have sold for even more if the guy had checked it on other turntables earlier during the listing- he may have cost himself a little money!
The effect of Condition on the price of an item this rare is hard to predict. Yes, it seems like an incredible amount for a record that may skip. But if you want to hold out for a Mint copy, how long will you have to wait? And how much more will it cost? 2 copies of Stormchild have sold this year, and when was the last time a copy turned up...........? With a record this rare, you only get a few opportunities to EVER buy it, so you have to think twice before walking away from a copy that has a flaw. It may not be Mint, but do you want to wait another 5 years before another copy shows up? What if that copy is in even worse condition? What if you can't afford it next time it shows up?
Granted, these questions are a non-issue for most of us, as very few people can even consider spending this much on a record regardless of its condition
Back to the item, the Bid History is also interesting. 3 people were in the $2,900+ range, but 4th place dropped to about $1,250- big step down after the Top 3. Still, it was not a 2-man bidding war; the top dogs all put in single, last-second bids.
Q: Which, if any, Metal records have sold for more than this? Only ones I know of are the yellow Avatar and Militia (Militia has stayed closer to $2,500-$3,000 for the last 2 copies on ebay, but has sold much higher). I know very little about these ultra-high-dollar Metal records, so I'm sure there are others in that $3,000++ price range that I just don't know about.
Perhaps some of the resident experts won't mind enlightening us?
