Something prompted me today to look see how much some of the Anthologies were fetching on the resale market and was shocked with what I found.
The Barbara McNair 2 CD set is currently not even showing on E bay [[nobody obviously wants to sell their copy obviously) while over on Amazon the cheapest you will find it is £150 at current exchange rates that's almost $200 if I'm doing my sums right.
The Brenda set likewise is a no show on Ebay and I can see one used copy of Amazon in Japan for around £60 which is really quite cheap as it too used to fetch similar figures to the McNair set.
Likewise Billy Eckstine is a no show on Ebay but you can get for £20 on Amazon.
Jimmy Ruffin, The Isley Bros and The Velvelettes can be picked up for a fiver, Bobby Taylor fetches £12.
Chris Clark meanwhile is fetching over £40 and there are only 2 copies of that on Ebay so my guess is that figure will rise.
So how does this happen, how does Brenda Holloway, Chris Clark and Barbara McNair command such high figures - all I can say is I wish I'd have bought more copies.
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