Lot 239:
Sold for: £7
Description
A collection of compact discs (CDs) and 7-inch vinyl singles featuring various artists and compilations. The CD portion includes a five-CD box set titled Vera Lynn Gold: 100 Songs from a Life in Music, alongside approximately twenty-five further jewel-case albums. Notable CD titles include Bing Crosby Swingin’ on a Star and You Are My Sunshine, The Drifters Save The Last Dance For Me, and Count Basie featuring Tony Bennett. Labels identified on the CD spines include Crimson, Hallmark, Columbia, Musketeer, and Ritz.
The vinyl assortment comprises seven 7-inch singles, including a Michael Jackson One Day in Your Life reissue on the Tamla Motown label (TMG 976) in an orange company sleeve and a Toyah Four From Toyah EP on Safari Records (SAFE 3) in a picture sleeve. Other singles include Cliff Richard Summer Holiday on Columbia, Johnny Mathis Every Time You Touch Me (I Get High) on CBS, and Bernard Cribbins The Hole in the Ground on Parlophone. The lot is accompanied by a quantity of tattered, aged newspapers and ephemera.
Condition report:
The compact discs generally appear in used condition with standard shelf wear and light scratching to the jewel cases (photo 1). The Vera Lynn box set outer card sleeve shows significant edge wear and crushing at the corners (photo 2). The vinyl singles exhibit significant age-related wear to the sleeves, including heavy creasing, ring wear, and foxing (photo 3). The Toyah picture sleeve shows wear and minor losses at the edges (photo 3). The accompanying newspapers are in poor condition with extensive fraying, yellowing, and tattered edges (photo 1). Media surfaces have not been tested for playback but show some visible spindle marks to the vinyl labels.
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