LP set Philips Beethoven Sonatas HASKIL GRUMIAUX 4 LPs
  $   40

 


$ 40 Sold For
Oct 19, 2009 Sold Date
Oct 12, 2009 Start Date
1 Number Of Bids
  France Country Of Seller
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Description

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Important note: this auction concerns 4 records which cannot be packed into the usual LP box. Shipping costs to Asia & America are estimated and may be less than thought. Exact shipping costs will be given once the records are packed as I combine shipping and may have to ship them with other records if you win several auctions (you will save a lot on the shipping costs this way).

Category: Classical LP set of 4 records
Label: Philips Minigroove (mono, no stereo)
Reference: see description

Titles: BEETHOVEN: Les 10 sonates pour piano et violon
Performers: Clara HASKIL et Arthur GRUMIAUX
Cover condition: almost M-
Record condition: see description


Description:

This is the complete set of four Philips records featuring Clara HASKIL and Arthur GRUMIAUX playing the 10 Beethoven Sonatas for violin and piano.

All sleeves are almost mint: no tears, no rim splits, no writes, etc. One still has the rare philips plastic outer sleeve (almost never found) as they often cracked after being removed and put back.

All records are in their original plastic inner sleeves and have some residual surface dust coming from static electricity when pulled from the sleeve. I recommend that you clean them and put them in new inner sleeves.


Vol 1 (L 00.400 L):

Side 1 is EX- to EX with a few very minor surface marks not affecting play. Side 2 is VG+ to EX- due to one very visible surface marks which does NOT sound (I played the record). This mark measures about 0.5 inch long, toward the second half of the first track of this side. While it may look serious visibly, it does not sound. The worst you will eventually notice if you have high end equipment is some absolutely minor, almost not audible tics only during pianissimo, which are not many in this track. Nothing to worry about.


Vol 2 (L 00.409 L):

Side 1 is VG+ to EX-. Same with Side 2. Some visible surface marks, none are serious, in the worst case you will hear a few minor tics during pianissimo with high end equiment.


Vol 3 (L 00 412 L):

Side 1 and 2 are both EX with only a few very minor surface marks which will not sound.


Vol 4 (L 00 430 L):
Same condition as Vol 3.


DO NOT MISS THIS RARE SET !

NO RESERVE !

SECURE SHIPPING: I will carefully ship the records in a special LP box. Records will be separated from sleeves to avoid rim splits.


 

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Grading:

M: MINT. Never listened. Factory sealed, or never sealed.
M-: Near Mint. Highest grade for used records. Record has NO surface marks.
EX+: Very few light marks not affecting play.
EX: Some surface marks generally not affecting play.
EX- : Some light surface marks, few tics will sound.
VG: Tics from several or many surface marks and/or surface noise.
G: Record is listenable but lots of surface marks will sound.
B: Very bad condition, only sold as a collection filler due to extreme rarity. TERMS

 

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