ALP 1233 BRAHMS CELLO SONATAS 1&2 TORTELIER/ENGEL NM
  £   32
  $   42

 


£ 32 Sold For
Aug 31, 2011 Sold Date
Aug 21, 2011 Start Date
£   3 Start price
4   Number Of Bids
  Great Britain Country Of Seller
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Description

BRAHMS

Sonatas for 'Cello and Piano

PAUL TORTELIER (cello)

KARL ENGEL (piano)


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Original English HIS MASTER'S VOICE LP recording: Red & Gold label, Mono - 1st pressing (no stereo release of this recording)

ALP 1233

Rare Record - Wonderful music making in these highly praised and sought after performances.

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This record is in near mint condition - it shows only little signs of being played and still retains a bright sheen; it plays very well indeed with no skips or jumps or repeated ticks with a little isolated background crackle in places, no doubt due to dust and handling over the years - visually graded NM//83 (see below).

The pictures gives a good impression of the original sleeve; clean, robust and fully intact showing a some shelf wear at the edges and a small 1cm split at the bottom opening: graded EX/79 (see below)

Satisfaction guaranteed - a full refund of the purchase price (excluding postage & packing costs) will be given for any item which does not comply with my description/grading and is returned to me within 14 days of receipt.

Bid with confidence - Low starting Price and no Reserve


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Record Condition Grading System

I apply a visual grading system as follows:
  • 90%             Mint, (90% is the highest figure I give as no record is perfect)
  • 80-89%       Near Mint, NM almost flawless, at 85% only the lightest scuff marks to the record, slight wear to the cover; above 85% and up to 89%, there should be no marks on the playing surface of the record.  Below 85%, down to 80%, there will be progressively more marking, but this will only be very light and superficial. 
  • 70-79%       Excellent, EX, a few more light surface marks than will be seen at 80-85%, light ring wear or creasing to cover, slight tears/laminate lift to the cover.  Remains of price labels or sellotape may be evident to the cover.
  • 60-69%       Very Good, VG, more obvious marks to the record, more obvious creasing, ring wear or laminate lift, worse tears to the cover.  There may be ticks from the record but see below*.
Records are viewed under both daylight and under a halogen light where practical to clearly shows any marks.
This is a visual grading system.  If I am aware of any audio problems affecting a record, such as ticks, I will provide this information in detail.


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