Lot 2396: 23 Vintage LPs: Kempff Beethoven Box Set, Esquivel, Noel Coward, Eubie Blake

Auction

Placer Warehouse Auction: Sanborns Sterling, Danish Teak, Turquoise & Pottery

Lot Number

2396

Status

Sold

Hammer / Price

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Opening Bid

$5.00

Accepted Bids

7

Closed

10/15/26 7:30 PM PT

Description

Twenty-three vintage LP albums, led by opera and classical: Wilhelm Kempff's Beethoven Bicentennial Collection Vol. IV Piano Sonatas 5-LP box on Deutsche Grammophon, Handel's "Messiah" with Walter Susskind and the London Philharmonic in a Musical Heritage Society 3-LP box, the Metropolitan Opera Record Club "Tosca" 2-LP set with Dorothy Kirsten under Dimitri Mitropoulos, Enrico Caruso "His First Recordings," Tebaldi and Bjoerling in "Cavalleria Rusticana," "Opera for People Who Hate Opera," "The Heart of Ernani" on Regent and Ezio Pinza's "I Hear Music" Magnavox presentation record. Vocal and pop titles include "Noel Coward in New York," Yves Montand "Les Grandes Chansons" Vol. II, Miriam Makeba "Pata Pata," The Andrews Sisters "Sing Sing Sing," Eydie Gormé "Tómame o Déjame," Caterina Valente and "Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy Favorites." Big band, jazz and instrumental: Esquivel "Strings Aflame" on RCA Living Stereo, Eubie Blake "Blues & Rags" piano rolls on Biograph, "The Bay Big Band Plays Duke Ellington," The Mastersounds' "Flower Drum Song" on World Pacific, a demonstration copy of the Bob Florence Big Band's "Pet Project," Alvino Rey 1946, "The Best of Guy Lombardo" and "A Tribute to Ken Griffin" in shrink wrap. Covers show shelf wear, with old store stickers and handwritten numbers on several. The Ernani jacket is yellowed, and there is tape on the Beethoven box lid.